sufridasvssufrimosTell them apart

Quick tell: sufridas is a participle, sufrimos is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sufridas” is a participle and “sufrimos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,411
“sufridas” frequency rank
#15,729
“sufrimos” frequency rank
43140
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sufridas sufrimos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de sufrido, participio de sufrir. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de sufrir.

Where the eye mixes sufridas and sufrimos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
sufridas
8 ch
sufrimos

Visual trap between sufridas and sufrimos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sufridas is [suˈfɾið̞as] while sufrimos is [suˈfɾimos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43140, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sufridas is recorded at frequency rank #27,411, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [suˈfɾið̞as]. sufrimos is at rank #15,729, tagged as averb, pronounced [suˈfɾimos].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 43140, this pair ranks #144,301 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sufridas vs sufrimos

Shared letters: firsu. Private to "sufridas": ad. Private to "sufrimos": mo.

"sufridas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "sufrimos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sufridassfuridas · ssufridas · suffridas · sufirdas · sufrdias · sufriads · sufridass · sufriddas
  • sufrimossfurimos · ssufrimos · suffrimos · sufirmos · sufrimmos · sufrimoss · sufrimso · sufrioms

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sufridas" for "sufrimos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sufridas" is a participle and "sufrimos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sufridas" or "sufrimos"?
"sufrimos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,729 in our Spanish list, against #27,411 for "sufridas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "sufridas" and "sufrimos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sufridas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sufrimos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #144,301 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sufridas" and "sufrimos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sufras vs sufridas". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #144,301 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list