aprendidovsaprendióTell them apart

Which to use

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

#3,979
“aprendido” frequency rank
#8,217
“aprendió” frequency rank
12196
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aprendido aprendió
Definition Participio de aprender. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de aprender o de aprenderse.

Where the eye mixes aprendido and aprendió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. aprendido runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against aprendió's 8 (VCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
aprendido
8 ch
aprendió

Look-alike desk: aprendido vs aprendió

A purely visual mix-up. aprendido ([apɾẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]) and aprendió ([apɾẽn̪ˈd̪jo]) 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 12196, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aprendido is recorded at frequency rank #3,979, classified as averb, pronounced [apɾẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]. aprendió is at rank #8,217, tagged as averb, pronounced [apɾẽn̪ˈd̪jo].

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 12196, this pair ranks #292,399 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of aprendido vs aprendió

Shared letters: adeinpr. Private to "aprendido": o. Private to "aprendió": ó.

"aprendido" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "aprendió" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aprendido ← aperndido · apprendido · aprednido · aprenddido · aprenddio · aprendiddo · aprendiod · apreniddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aprendido" and "aprendió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([apɾẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o] versus [apɾẽn̪ˈd̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "aprendido" vs "aprendió" - which ranks higher?
"aprendido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,979 in our Spanish list, against #8,217 for "aprendió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "aprendido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aprendió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #292,399 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aprendido" and "aprendió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aprendía vs aprendió". 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 #292,399 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