Which to use
“atendida” is a participle and “atendió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,100
- “atendida” frequency rank
- #17,878
- “atendió” frequency rank
- 44978
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | atendida | atendió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de atendido, participio de atender. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de atender. |
Where the eye mixes atendida and atendió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. atendida runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCV) against atendió's 7 (VCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between atendida and atendió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: atendida is [at̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞a] while atendió is [at̪ẽn̪ˈd̪jo]. 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 44978, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
atendida is recorded at frequency rank #27,100, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [at̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞a]. atendió is at rank #17,878, tagged as averb, pronounced [at̪ẽn̪ˈd̪jo].
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 44978, this pair ranks #133,994 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of atendida vs atendió
Shared letters: adeint. Private to "atendida": -. Private to "atendió": ó.
"atendida" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV · "atendió" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- atendida ← aetndida · atednida · atenddia · atenddida · atendiad · atendidda · atenidda · atenndida
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "atendida" for "atendió" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "atendida" or "atendió" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "atendida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "atendió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #133,994 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "atendida" and "atendió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Atenco vs atendió". 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 #133,994 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.