debatidovsdebatióWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#26,391
“debatido” frequency rank
#43,497
“debatió” frequency rank
69888
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature debatido debatió
Definition Participio de debatir o de debatirse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de debatir o de debatirse.

Where the eye mixes debatido and debatió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
debatido
7 ch
debatió

Visual trap between debatido and debatió

A purely visual mix-up. debatido ([d̪eβ̞aˈt̪ið̞o]) and debatió ([d̪eβ̞aˈt̪jo]) 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 69888, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

debatido is recorded at frequency rank #26,391, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eβ̞aˈt̪ið̞o]. debatió is at rank #43,497, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eβ̞aˈt̪jo].

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 69888, this pair ranks #30,988 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of debatido vs debatió

Shared letters: abdeit. Private to "debatido": o. Private to "debatió": ó.

"debatido" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "debatió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • debatidodbeatido · ddebatido · deabtido · debaitdo · debatdio · debatiddo · debatiod · debattido

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "debatido" and "debatió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eβ̞aˈt̪ið̞o] versus [d̪eβ̞aˈt̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "debatido" or "debatió"?
"debatido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,391 in our Spanish list, against #43,497 for "debatió". 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 "debatido" and "debatió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "debatido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "debatió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #30,988 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "debatido" and "debatió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "debatida vs debatió". 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 #30,988 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