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

#41,248
“codiciado” frequency rank
#36,470
“codificado” frequency rank
77718
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature codiciado codificado
Definition Participio de codiciar. Participio de codificar.

Where the eye mixes codiciado and codificado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
codiciado
10 ch
codificado

Why the eye confuses codiciado with codificado

A purely visual mix-up. codiciado ([koð̞iˈsjað̞o]) and codificado ([koð̞ifiˈkað̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77718, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

codiciado is recorded at frequency rank #41,248, classified as averb, pronounced [koð̞iˈsjað̞o]. codificado is at rank #36,470, tagged as averb, pronounced [koð̞ifiˈkað̞o].

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 77718, this pair ranks #15,552 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of codiciado vs codificado

Shared letters: acdio. Private to "codiciado": -. Private to "codificado": f.

"codiciado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCV  ·  "codificado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • codiciadoccodiciado · cdoiciado · codciiado · coddiciado · codicaido · codicciado · codiciaddo · codiciaod
  • codificadoccodificado · cdoificado · coddificado · codfiicado · codifciado · codifficado · codifiacdo · codificaddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "codiciado" for "codificado" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([koð̞iˈsjað̞o] versus [koð̞ifiˈkað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "codiciado" or "codificado" show up more?
"codificado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,470 in our Spanish list, against #41,248 for "codiciado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "codiciado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "codificado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,552 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "codiciado" and "codificado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "codificada vs codificado". 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 #15,552 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