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Which to use

“suscita” and “suscitado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#31,131
“suscita” frequency rank
#26,249
“suscitado” frequency rank
57380
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suscita suscitado
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de suscitar. Participio de suscitar.

Where the eye mixes suscita and suscitado

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

7 ch
suscita
9 ch
suscitado

Why the eye confuses suscita with suscitado

A purely visual mix-up. suscita ([suˈsit̪a]) and suscitado ([susiˈt̪að̞o]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “suscita” sits inside “suscitado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57380, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suscita is recorded at frequency rank #31,131, classified as averb, pronounced [suˈsit̪a]. suscitado is at rank #26,249, tagged as averb, pronounced [susiˈt̪að̞o].

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 57380, this pair ranks #70,723 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of suscita vs suscitado

Shared letters: acistu. Private to "suscita": -. Private to "suscitado": do.

"suscita" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "suscitado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suscita ← ssucita · ssuscita · sucsita · susccita · susciat · suscitta · susctia · susicta
  • suscitado ← ssucitado · ssuscitado · sucsitado · susccitado · susciatdo · suscitaddo · suscitaod · suscitdao

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "suscita" for "suscitado" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([suˈsit̪a] versus [susiˈt̪að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "suscita" vs "suscitado" - which ranks higher?
"suscitado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,249 in our Spanish list, against #31,131 for "suscita". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suscita" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suscitado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #70,723 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suscita" and "suscitado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suscita vs suscrita". 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 #70,723 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