aprendidasvsaprendidoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#35,871
“aprendidas” frequency rank
#3,979
“aprendido” frequency rank
39850
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aprendidas aprendido
Definition Forma del femenino plural de aprendido, participio de aprender o de aprenderse. Participio de aprender.

Where the eye mixes aprendidas and aprendido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. aprendidas runs 10 letters (VCCVCCVCVC) against aprendido's 9 (VCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
aprendidas
9 ch
aprendido

Look-alike desk: aprendidas vs aprendido

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aprendidas is [apɾẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞as] while aprendido is [apɾẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39850, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aprendidas is recorded at frequency rank #35,871, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [apɾẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞as]. aprendido is at rank #3,979, tagged as averb, pronounced [apɾẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o].

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 39850, this pair ranks #162,325 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aprendidas vs aprendido

Shared letters: adeinpr. Private to "aprendidas": s. Private to "aprendido": o.

"aprendidas" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC  ·  "aprendido" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aprendidasaperndidas · apprendidas · aprednidas · aprenddias · aprenddidas · aprendiads · aprendidass · aprendiddas
  • aprendidoaperndido · apprendido · aprednido · aprenddido · aprenddio · aprendiddo · aprendiod · apreniddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aprendidas" for "aprendido" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aprendidas" is a participle and "aprendido" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "aprendidas" vs "aprendido" - which ranks higher?
"aprendido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,979 in our Spanish list, against #35,871 for "aprendidas". 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 "aprendidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aprendido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #162,325 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aprendidas" and "aprendido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aprendía vs aprendidas". 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 #162,325 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