CedeñovscedoTell them apart

Quick tell: Cedeño is a name, cedo is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Cedeño” is a name and “cedo” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,630
“Cedeño” frequency rank
#47,635
“cedo” frequency rank
87265
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Cedeño cedo
Definition Apellido. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de ceder.

Where the eye mixes Cedeño and cedo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Cedeño
4 ch
cedo

Look-alike desk: Cedeño vs cedo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Cedeño is [seˈð̞eɲo] while cedo is [ˈseð̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87265, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Cedeño is recorded at frequency rank #39,630, classified as aname, pronounced [seˈð̞eɲo]. cedo is at rank #47,635, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈseð̞o].

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 87265, this pair ranks #4,628 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Cedeño vs cedo

Shared letters: cdeo. Private to "Cedeño": ñ. Private to "cedo": -.

"Cedeño" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "cedo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cedoccedo · cdeo · ceddo · ceod · ecdo · sedo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Cedeño" for "cedo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Cedeño" is a name and "cedo" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "Cedeño" or "cedo" show up more?
"Cedeño" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,630 in our Spanish list, against #47,635 for "cedo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Cedeño" and "cedo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Cedeño" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cedo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,628 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Cedeño" and "cedo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ceba vs cedo". 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 #4,628 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