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Which to use

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

#21,883
“acudido” frequency rank
#11,340
“acudió” frequency rank
33223
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acudido acudió
Definition Participio de acudir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de acudir.

Where the eye mixes acudido and acudió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
acudido
6 ch
acudió

Why the eye confuses acudido with acudió

A purely visual mix-up. acudido ([akuˈð̞ið̞o]) and acudió ([akuˈð̞jo]) 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 33223, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acudido is recorded at frequency rank #21,883, classified as averb, pronounced [akuˈð̞ið̞o]. acudió is at rank #11,340, tagged as averb, pronounced [akuˈð̞jo].

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 33223, this pair ranks #197,945 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acudido vs acudió

Shared letters: acdiu. Private to "acudido": o. Private to "acudió": ó.

"acudido" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "acudió" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acudidoaccudido · acduido · acuddido · acuddio · acudiddo · acudiod · acuiddo · aucdido

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acudido" for "acudió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([akuˈð̞ið̞o] versus [akuˈð̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acudido" vs "acudió" - which ranks higher?
"acudió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,340 in our Spanish list, against #21,883 for "acudido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "acudido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acudió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #197,945 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acudido" and "acudió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acudí vs acudido". 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 #197,945 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