Which to use
“decididos” and “divididos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,948
- “decididos” frequency rank
- #11,390
- “divididos” frequency rank
- 32338
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | decididos | divididos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de decidido, participio de decidir. | Forma del plural de dividido, participio de dividir o de dividirse. |
Where the eye mixes decididos and divididos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. decididos and divididos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses decididos with divididos
A purely visual mix-up. decididos ([d̪esiˈð̞ið̞os]) and divididos ([d̪iβ̞iˈð̞ið̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32338, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
decididos is recorded at frequency rank #20,948, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪esiˈð̞ið̞os]. divididos is at rank #11,390, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪iβ̞iˈð̞ið̞os].
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 32338, this pair ranks #202,489 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of decididos vs divididos
Shared letters: dios. Private to "decididos": ce. Private to "divididos": v.
"decididos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "divididos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "decididos" for "divididos" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "decididos" and "divididos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "decididos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "divididos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #202,489 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "decididos" and "divididos" 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 #202,489 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.