suprimidavssuprimirWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#36,838
“suprimida” frequency rank
#12,721
“suprimir” frequency rank
49559
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suprimida suprimir
Definition Forma del femenino de suprimido, participio de suprimir. Eliminar, borrar.

Where the eye mixes suprimida and suprimir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. suprimida runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against suprimir's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
suprimida
8 ch
suprimir

Look-alike desk: suprimida vs suprimir

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: suprimida is [supɾiˈmið̞a] while suprimir is [supɾiˈmiɾ]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49559, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suprimida is recorded at frequency rank #36,838, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [supɾiˈmið̞a]. suprimir is at rank #12,721, tagged as averb, pronounced [supɾiˈmiɾ].

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 49559, this pair ranks #108,121 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of suprimida vs suprimir

Shared letters: imprsu. Private to "suprimida": ad. Private to "suprimir": -.

"suprimida" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "suprimir" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suprimida ← spurimida · ssuprimida · supirmida · supprimida · supriimda · suprimdia · suprimiad · suprimidda
  • suprimir ← spurimir · ssuprimir · supirmir · supprimir · supriimr · suprimirr · suprimmir · suprimri

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "suprimida" for "suprimir" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "suprimida" is a participle and "suprimir" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "suprimida" vs "suprimir" - which ranks higher?
"suprimir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,721 in our Spanish list, against #36,838 for "suprimida". 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 "suprimida" and "suprimir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suprimida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suprimir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #108,121 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suprimida" and "suprimir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suprimida vs suprimió". 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 #108,121 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