demolidovsdolidoConfusable pair

Quick tell: demolido is a verb, dolido is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“demolido” is a verb and “dolido” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,510
“demolido” frequency rank
#24,125
“dolido” frequency rank
60635
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature demolido dolido
Definition Participio de demoler. Dolor, lástima, compasión.

Where the eye mixes demolido and dolido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. demolido runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against dolido's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
demolido
6 ch
dolido

Visual trap between demolido and dolido

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: demolido is [d̪emoˈlið̞o] while dolido is [d̪oˈlið̞o]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60635, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

demolido is recorded at frequency rank #36,510, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪emoˈlið̞o]. dolido is at rank #24,125, tagged as anoun, pronounced [d̪oˈlið̞o].

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 60635, this pair ranks #58,260 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of demolido vs dolido

Shared letters: dilo. Private to "demolido": em. Private to "dolido": -.

"demolido" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "dolido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • demolido ← ddemolido · demloido · demmolido · demoildo · demoldio · demoliddo · demoliod · demollido
  • dolido ← ddolido · dloido · doildo · doldio · doliddo · doliod · dollido · odlido

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "demolido" for "dolido" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "demolido" is a verb and "dolido" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "demolido" or "dolido" show up more?
"dolido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,125 in our Spanish list, against #36,510 for "demolido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "demolido" and "dolido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "demolido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dolido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,260 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "demolido" and "dolido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demoledor vs demolido". 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 #58,260 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