# defendida vs dependía

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### defendida
*participle · IPA [d̪efẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞a] · frequency rank #25,596*
Forma del femenino de defendido, participio de defender o de defenderse.

### dependía
*verb · IPA [d̪epẽn̪ˈd̪ia] · frequency rank #18,784*
Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de depender.

## Source
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