decididovsdecididosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: decidido is a adjective, decididos is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“decidido” is an adjective and “decididos” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,392
“decidido” frequency rank
#20,948
“decididos” frequency rank
23340
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature decidido decididos
Definition Resuelto, terminante. Forma del plural de decidido, participio de decidir.

Where the eye mixes decidido and decididos

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

8 ch
decidido
9 ch
decididos

Look-alike desk: decidido vs decididos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: decidido is [d̪esiˈð̞ið̞o] while decididos is [d̪esiˈð̞ið̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “decidido” sits inside “decididos”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23340, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

decidido is recorded at frequency rank #2,392, classified as anadj, pronounced [d̪esiˈð̞ið̞o]. decididos is at rank #20,948, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪esiˈð̞ið̞os].

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 23340, this pair ranks #246,243 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of decidido vs decididos

Shared letters: cdeio. Private to "decidido": -. Private to "decididos": s.

"decidido" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "decididos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • decididodceidido · ddecidido · deccidido · decdiido · deciddido · deciddio · decididdo · decidiod
  • decididosdceididos · ddecididos · deccididos · decdiidos · deciddidos · deciddios · decididdos · decididoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "decidido" for "decididos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "decidido" is an adjective and "decididos" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "decidido" vs "decididos" - which ranks higher?
"decidido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,392 in our Spanish list, against #20,948 for "decididos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "decidido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "decididos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #246,243 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "decidido" and "decididos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "decididas vs decididos". 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 #246,243 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