Which to use
“cadmio” is a noun and “cedió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,019
- “cadmio” frequency rank
- #15,300
- “cedió” frequency rank
- 59319
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cadmio | cedió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | El cadmio es un elemento químico de número atómico 48 situado en el grupo 12 de la tabla periódica de los elementos. Su símbolo es Cd. Es un metal pesado, blanco azulado, relativamente poco abundante. Es uno de los metales más tóxicos. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de ceder. |
Where the eye mixes cadmio and cedió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cadmio runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against cedió's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cadmio vs cedió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cadmio is [ˈkað̞mjo] while cedió is [seˈð̞jo]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59319, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cadmio is recorded at frequency rank #44,019, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkað̞mjo]. cedió is at rank #15,300, tagged as averb, pronounced [seˈð̞jo].
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 59319, this pair ranks #63,070 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cadmio vs cedió
Shared letters: cdi. Private to "cadmio": amo. Private to "cedió": eó.
"cadmio" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "cedió" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cadmio ← acdmio · caddmio · cadimo · cadmmio · cadmoi · camdio · ccadmio · cdamio
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cadmio" for "cedió" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cadmio" or "cedió"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cadmio" and "cedió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cadmio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cedió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,070 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cadmio" and "cedió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cadmio vs caduco". 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 #63,070 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.