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

#4,224
“caído” frequency rank
#45,810
“chida” frequency rank
50034
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature caído chida
Definition Desfallecido, amilanado. Forma del femenino singular de chido.

Where the eye mixes caído and chida

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
caído
5 ch
chida

Visual trap between caído and chida

A purely visual mix-up. caído ([kaˈið̞o]) and chida ([ˈt͡ʃið̞a]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50034, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

caído is recorded at frequency rank #4,224, classified as anadj, pronounced [kaˈið̞o]. chida is at rank #45,810, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈt͡ʃið̞a].

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 50034, this pair ranks #105,471 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of caído vs chida

Shared letters: acd. Private to "caído": . Private to "chida": hi.

"caído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "chida" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • chidacchida · chdia · chhida · chiad · chidda · cihda · hcida

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "caído" for "chida" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kaˈið̞o] versus [ˈt͡ʃið̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "caído" or "chida"?
"caído" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,224 in our Spanish list, against #45,810 for "chida". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "caído" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #105,471 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "caído" and "chida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chida vs chimba". 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 #105,471 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