suscribióvssuscriboConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#38,410
“suscribió” frequency rank
#48,719
“suscribo” frequency rank
87129
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suscribió suscribo
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de suscribir o de suscribirse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de suscribir o de suscribirse.

Where the eye mixes suscribió and suscribo

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

9 ch
suscribió
8 ch
suscribo

Why the eye confuses suscribió with suscribo

A purely visual mix-up. suscribió ([suskɾiˈβ̞jo]) and suscribo ([susˈkɾiβ̞o]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87129, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suscribió is recorded at frequency rank #38,410, classified as averb, pronounced [suskɾiˈβ̞jo]. suscribo is at rank #48,719, tagged as averb, pronounced [susˈkɾiβ̞o].

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 87129, this pair ranks #4,732 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of suscribió vs suscribo

Shared letters: bcirsu. Private to "suscribió": ó. Private to "suscribo": o.

"suscribió" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV  ·  "suscribo" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suscribo ← ssucribo · ssuscribo · sucsribo · susccribo · suscirbo · suscrbio · suscribbo · suscriob

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "suscribió" and "suscribo" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([suskɾiˈβ̞jo] versus [susˈkɾiβ̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "suscribió" or "suscribo" show up more?
"suscribió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,410 in our Spanish list, against #48,719 for "suscribo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "suscribió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suscribo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,732 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suscribió" and "suscribo" 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 #4,732 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