Which to use
“suicide” and “suicido” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,412
- “suicide” frequency rank
- #32,893
- “suicido” frequency rank
- 60305
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suicide | suicido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de suicidarse. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de suicidarse. |
Where the eye mixes suicide and suicido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. suicide and suicido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: suicide vs suicido
A purely visual mix-up. suicide ([swiˈsið̞e]) and suicido ([swiˈsið̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - e in “suicide” becomes o in “suicido”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60305, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suicide is recorded at frequency rank #27,412, classified as averb, pronounced [swiˈsið̞e]. suicido is at rank #32,893, tagged as averb, pronounced [swiˈsið̞o].
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 60305, this pair ranks #59,407 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of suicide vs suicido
Shared letters: cdisu. Private to "suicide": e. Private to "suicido": o.
"suicide" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "suicido" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "suicide" for "suicido" ever safe?
Frequency check: "suicide" vs "suicido" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "suicide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suicido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,407 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suicide" and "suicido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suicidan vs suicido". 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 #59,407 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.