aplaudióvsaplaudirTell them apart

Which to use

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

#37,957
“aplaudió” frequency rank
#17,038
“aplaudir” frequency rank
54995
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aplaudió aplaudir
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de aplaudir. Dar palmadas en señal de aprobación o entusiasmo.

Where the eye mixes aplaudió and aplaudir

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

8 ch
aplaudió
8 ch
aplaudir

Look-alike desk: aplaudió vs aplaudir

A purely visual mix-up. aplaudió ([aplawˈð̞jo]) and aplaudir ([aplawˈð̞iɾ]) 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 a single letter - ó in “aplaudió” becomes r in “aplaudir”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54995, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aplaudió is recorded at frequency rank #37,957, classified as averb, pronounced [aplawˈð̞jo]. aplaudir is at rank #17,038, tagged as averb, pronounced [aplawˈð̞iɾ].

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 54995, this pair ranks #80,852 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of aplaudió vs aplaudir

Shared letters: adilpu. Private to "aplaudió": ó. Private to "aplaudir": r.

"aplaudió" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVV  ·  "aplaudir" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aplaudir ← alpaudir · apaludir · apladuir · aplauddir · aplaudirr · aplaudri · aplauidr · apllaudir

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aplaudió" and "aplaudir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([aplawˈð̞jo] versus [aplawˈð̞iɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "aplaudió" vs "aplaudir" - which ranks higher?
"aplaudir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,038 in our Spanish list, against #37,957 for "aplaudió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aplaudió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aplaudir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #80,852 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aplaudió" and "aplaudir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aplaudan vs aplaudió". 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 #80,852 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