Which to use
“cedió” is a verb and “cerdo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,300
- “cedió” frequency rank
- #5,930
- “cerdo” frequency rank
- 21230
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cedió | cerdo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de ceder. | (Sus scrofa domesticus) Animal mamífero, artiodáctilo, de cuerpo robusto y piel gruesa, domesticado desde la Antigüedad para aprovechar su carne y su cuero. Es una variedad de la misma especie que en su forma salvaje se conoce como jabalí. |
Where the eye mixes cedió and cerdo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cedió vs cerdo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cedió is [seˈð̞jo] while cerdo is [ˈseɾð̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21230, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cedió is recorded at frequency rank #15,300, classified as averb, pronounced [seˈð̞jo]. cerdo is at rank #5,930, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈseɾð̞o].
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 21230, this pair ranks #255,835 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cedió vs cerdo
Shared letters: cde. Private to "cedió": ió. Private to "cerdo": or.
"cedió" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "cerdo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cerdo ← ccerdo · cerddo · cerod · cerrdo · ecrdo · serdo
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cedió" and "cerdo" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cedió" vs "cerdo" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cedió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cerdo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #255,835 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cedió" and "cerdo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cedió vs cirio". 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 #255,835 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.