Which to use
“desmedido” and “despedido” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,523
- “desmedido” frequency rank
- #8,788
- “despedido” frequency rank
- 45311
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desmedido | despedido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de desmedirse. | Participio de despedir. |
Where the eye mixes desmedido and despedido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. desmedido and despedido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between desmedido and despedido
A purely visual mix-up. desmedido ([d̪esmeˈð̞ið̞o]) and despedido ([d̪espeˈð̞ið̞o]) 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 a single letter - m in “desmedido” becomes p in “despedido”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45311, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desmedido is recorded at frequency rank #36,523, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪esmeˈð̞ið̞o]. despedido is at rank #8,788, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪espeˈð̞ið̞o].
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 45311, this pair ranks #132,157 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of desmedido vs despedido
Shared letters: deios. Private to "desmedido": m. Private to "despedido": p.
"desmedido" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "despedido" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "desmedido" and "despedido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "desmedido" or "despedido" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "desmedido" and "despedido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "desmedido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "despedido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #132,157 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desmedido" and "despedido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desmedido vs desmedro". 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 #132,157 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.