suscribenvssuscribióWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#45,630
“suscriben” frequency rank
#38,410
“suscribió” frequency rank
84040
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suscriben suscribió
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de suscribir o de suscribirse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de suscribir o de suscribirse.

Where the eye mixes suscriben and suscribió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. suscriben (CVCCCVCVC) and suscribió (CVCCCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
suscriben
9 ch
suscribió

Look-alike desk: suscriben vs suscribió

A purely visual mix-up. suscriben ([susˈkɾiβ̞ẽn]) and suscribió ([suskɾiˈβ̞jo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84040, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suscriben is recorded at frequency rank #45,630, classified as averb, pronounced [susˈkɾiβ̞ẽn]. suscribió is at rank #38,410, tagged as averb, pronounced [suskɾiˈβ̞jo].

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 84040, this pair ranks #7,478 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of suscriben vs suscribió

Shared letters: bcirsu. Private to "suscriben": en. Private to "suscribió": ó.

"suscriben" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC  ·  "suscribió" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suscriben ← ssucriben · ssuscriben · sucsriben · susccriben · suscirben · suscrbien · suscribben · suscribenn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "suscriben" and "suscribió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([susˈkɾiβ̞ẽn] versus [suskɾiˈβ̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "suscriben" or "suscribió"?
"suscribió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,410 in our Spanish list, against #45,630 for "suscriben". 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 "suscriben" and "suscribió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suscriben" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suscribió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,478 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suscriben" and "suscribió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suscriben vs suscribo". 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 #7,478 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