sugerívssúperTell them apart

Quick tell: sugerí is a verb, súper is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sugerí” is a verb and “súper” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,713
“sugerí” frequency rank
#2,907
“súper” frequency rank
51620
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sugerí súper
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de sugerir. Que es superior, de lo mejor, buenísimo.

Where the eye mixes sugerí and súper

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. sugerí runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against súper's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
sugerí
5 ch
súper

Visual trap between sugerí and súper

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sugerí is [suxeˈɾi] while súper is [ˈsupeɾ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51620, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sugerí is recorded at frequency rank #48,713, classified as averb, pronounced [suxeˈɾi]. súper is at rank #2,907, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈsupeɾ].

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 51620, this pair ranks #96,992 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sugerí vs súper

Shared letters: ers. Private to "sugerí": guí. Private to "súper": pú.

"sugerí" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "súper" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sugerí" and "súper" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sugerí" is a verb and "súper" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sugerí" or "súper"?
"súper" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,907 in our Spanish list, against #48,713 for "sugerí". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "sugerí" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "súper" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #96,992 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sugerí" and "súper" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sugerí vs sugiera". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #96,992 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