sugeríavssugeridaWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#34,358
“sugería” frequency rank
#40,559
“sugerida” frequency rank
74917
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sugería sugerida
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de sugerir. Forma del femenino de sugerido, participio de sugerir.

Where the eye mixes sugería and sugerida

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. sugería runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against sugerida's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
sugería
8 ch
sugerida

Look-alike desk: sugería vs sugerida

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sugería is [suxeˈɾia] while sugerida is [suxeˈɾið̞a]. 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 participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74917, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sugería is recorded at frequency rank #34,358, classified as averb, pronounced [suxeˈɾia]. sugerida is at rank #40,559, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [suxeˈɾið̞a].

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 74917, this pair ranks #20,505 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sugería vs sugerida

Shared letters: aegrsu. Private to "sugería": í. Private to "sugerida": di.

"sugería" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "sugerida" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sugerida ← sguerida · ssugerida · suegrida · sugeirda · sugerdia · sugeriad · sugeridda · sugerrida

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sugería" and "sugerida" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sugería" is a verb and "sugerida" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "sugería" or "sugerida" show up more?
"sugería" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,358 in our Spanish list, against #40,559 for "sugerida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sugería" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sugerida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,505 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sugería" and "sugerida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sugerí vs sugerida". 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 #20,505 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