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.
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?
Frequency check: "aprendido" vs "aprendió" - which ranks higher?
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.