sumergidosvssumergióConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#35,775
“sumergidos” frequency rank
#49,958
“sumergió” frequency rank
85733
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sumergidos sumergió
Definition Forma del plural de sumergido, participio de sumergir o de sumergirse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de sumergir.

Where the eye mixes sumergidos and sumergió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. sumergidos runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCVC) against sumergió's 8 (CVCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
sumergidos
8 ch
sumergió

Look-alike desk: sumergidos vs sumergió

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sumergidos is [sumeɾˈxið̞os] while sumergió is [sumeɾˈxjo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85733, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sumergidos is recorded at frequency rank #35,775, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [sumeɾˈxið̞os]. sumergió is at rank #49,958, tagged as averb, pronounced [sumeɾˈxjo].

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 85733, this pair ranks #5,871 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sumergidos vs sumergió

Shared letters: egimrsu. Private to "sumergidos": do. Private to "sumergió": ó.

"sumergidos" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC  ·  "sumergió" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sumergidos ← smuergidos · ssumergidos · suemrgidos · sumegridos · sumergdios · sumerggidos · sumergiddos · sumergidoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sumergidos" for "sumergió" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sumergidos" is a participle and "sumergió" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sumergidos" or "sumergió"?
"sumergidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,775 in our Spanish list, against #49,958 for "sumergió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "sumergidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sumergió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,871 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sumergidos" and "sumergió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sumergidas vs sumergidos". 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 #5,871 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