añadidavsañadidoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#28,249
“añadida” frequency rank
#6,143
“añadido” frequency rank
34392
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature añadida añadido
Definition Forma del femenino de añadido, participio de añadir. Participio de añadir.

Where the eye mixes añadida and añadido

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

7 ch
añadida
7 ch
añadido

Visual trap between añadida and añadido

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: añadida is [aɲaˈð̞ið̞a] while añadido is [aɲaˈð̞ið̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “añadida” becomes o in “añadido”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34392, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

añadida is recorded at frequency rank #28,249, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aɲaˈð̞ið̞a]. añadido is at rank #6,143, tagged as averb, pronounced [aɲaˈð̞ið̞o].

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 34392, this pair ranks #191,694 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of añadida vs añadido

Shared letters: adiñ. Private to "añadida": -. Private to "añadido": o.

"añadida" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "añadido" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "añadida" for "añadido" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "añadida" is a participle and "añadido" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "añadida" or "añadido" show up more?
"añadido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,143 in our Spanish list, against #28,249 for "añadida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "añadida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "añadido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #191,694 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "añadida" and "añadido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "añadí vs añadida". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #191,694 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