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

#36,983
“coincidido” frequency rank
#17,074
“coincidió” frequency rank
54057
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature coincidido coincidió
Definition Participio de coincidir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de coincidir.

Where the eye mixes coincidido and coincidió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. coincidido runs 10 letters (CVVCCVCVCV) against coincidió's 9 (CVVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
coincidido
9 ch
coincidió

Look-alike desk: coincidido vs coincidió

A purely visual mix-up. coincidido ([kõjnsiˈð̞ið̞o]) and coincidió ([kõjnsiˈð̞jo]) 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 54057, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

coincidido is recorded at frequency rank #36,983, classified as averb, pronounced [kõjnsiˈð̞ið̞o]. coincidió is at rank #17,074, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõjnsiˈð̞jo].

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 54057, this pair ranks #84,976 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of coincidido vs coincidió

Shared letters: cdino. Private to "coincidido": -. Private to "coincidió": ó.

"coincidido" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCVCV  ·  "coincidió" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coincididoccoincidido · cioncidido · coicnidido · coinccidido · coincdiido · coinciddido · coinciddio · coincididdo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "coincidido" and "coincidió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kõjnsiˈð̞ið̞o] versus [kõjnsiˈð̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "coincidido" or "coincidió" show up more?
"coincidió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,074 in our Spanish list, against #36,983 for "coincidido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "coincidido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "coincidió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #84,976 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "coincidido" and "coincidió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coincidían vs coincidido". 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 #84,976 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