Which to use
“debidos” is a participle and “debió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,581
- “debidos” frequency rank
- #2,706
- “debió” frequency rank
- 32287
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | debidos | debió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de debido, participio de deber. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de deber. |
Where the eye mixes debidos and debió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: debidos vs debió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: debidos is [d̪eˈβ̞ið̞os] while debió is [d̪eˈβ̞jo]. 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 32287, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
debidos is recorded at frequency rank #29,581, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eˈβ̞ið̞os]. debió is at rank #2,706, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈβ̞jo].
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 32287, this pair ranks #202,759 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of debidos vs debió
Shared letters: bdei. Private to "debidos": os. Private to "debió": ó.
"debidos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "debió" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- debidos ← dbeidos · ddebidos · debbidos · debdios · debiddos · debidoss · debidso · debiods
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "debidos" and "debió" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "debidos" vs "debió" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "debidos" and "debió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "debidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "debió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #202,759 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "debidos" and "debió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "debías vs debidos". 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 #202,759 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.