suscribovssuscritaConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#48,719
“suscribo” frequency rank
#44,476
“suscrita” frequency rank
93195
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suscribo suscrita
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de suscribir o de suscribirse. Forma del femenino de suscrito, participio irregular de suscribir.

Where the eye mixes suscribo and suscrita

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. suscribo and suscrita follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
suscribo
8 ch
suscrita

Look-alike desk: suscribo vs suscrita

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: suscribo is [susˈkɾiβ̞o] while suscrita is [susˈkɾit̪a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93195, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suscribo is recorded at frequency rank #48,719, classified as averb, pronounced [susˈkɾiβ̞o]. suscrita is at rank #44,476, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [susˈkɾit̪a].

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 93195, this pair ranks #1,232 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of suscribo vs suscrita

Shared letters: cirsu. Private to "suscribo": bo. Private to "suscrita": at.

"suscribo" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV  ·  "suscrita" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suscribo ← ssucribo · ssuscribo · sucsribo · susccribo · suscirbo · suscrbio · suscribbo · suscriob
  • suscrita ← ssucrita · ssuscrita · sucsrita · susccrita · suscirta · suscriat · suscritta · suscrrita

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "suscribo" for "suscrita" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "suscribo" is a verb and "suscrita" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "suscribo" or "suscrita" show up more?
"suscrita" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,476 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 "suscribo" and "suscrita" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suscribo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suscrita" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,232 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suscribo" and "suscrita" 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 #1,232 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