Which to use
“consumidos” is a participle and “consumió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,962
- “consumidos” frequency rank
- #34,519
- “consumió” frequency rank
- 69481
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | consumidos | consumió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de consumido, participio de consumir. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de consumir o de consumirse. |
Where the eye mixes consumidos and consumió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. consumidos runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVC) against consumió's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between consumidos and consumió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: consumidos is [kõnsuˈmið̞os] while consumió is [kõnsuˈmjo]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69481, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
consumidos is recorded at frequency rank #34,962, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõnsuˈmið̞os]. consumió is at rank #34,519, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõnsuˈmjo].
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 69481, this pair ranks #31,878 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of consumidos vs consumió
Shared letters: cimnosu. Private to "consumidos": d. Private to "consumió": ó.
"consumidos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC · "consumió" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- consumidos ← cconsumidos · cnosumidos · connsumidos · consmuidos · conssumidos · consuimdos · consumdios · consumiddos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "consumidos" and "consumió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "consumidos" vs "consumió" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "consumidos" and "consumió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "consumidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "consumió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,878 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "consumidos" and "consumió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "consumes vs consumió". 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 #31,878 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.