Which to use
“defendía” and “defendido” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,550
- “defendía” frequency rank
- #10,123
- “defendido” frequency rank
- 26673
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | defendía | defendido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de defender o de defenderse. | Participio de defender o de defenderse. |
Where the eye mixes defendía and defendido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between defendía and defendido
A purely visual mix-up. defendía ([d̪efẽn̪ˈd̪ia]) and defendido ([d̪efẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]) 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 26673, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
defendía is recorded at frequency rank #16,550, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪efẽn̪ˈd̪ia]. defendido is at rank #10,123, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪efẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o].
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 26673, this pair ranks #230,502 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of defendía vs defendido
Shared letters: defn. Private to "defendía": aí. Private to "defendido": io.
"defendía" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "defendido" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- defendido ← ddefendido · deefndido · defednido · defenddido · defenddio · defendiddo · defendiod · defeniddo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "defendía" for "defendido" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "defendía" or "defendido" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "defendía" and "defendido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "defendía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "defendido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #230,502 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "defendía" and "defendido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "defendía vs detenía". 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 #230,502 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.