Which to use
“despedido” and “despedimos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,788
- “despedido” frequency rank
- #29,158
- “despedimos” frequency rank
- 37946
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | despedido | despedimos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de despedir. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de despedir o de despedirse. |
Where the eye mixes despedido and despedimos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. despedido runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against despedimos's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: despedido vs despedimos
A purely visual mix-up. despedido ([d̪espeˈð̞ið̞o]) and despedimos ([d̪espeˈð̞imos]) 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 37946, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
despedido is recorded at frequency rank #8,788, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪espeˈð̞ið̞o]. despedimos is at rank #29,158, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪espeˈð̞imos].
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 37946, this pair ranks #172,633 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of despedido vs despedimos
Shared letters: deiops. Private to "despedido": -. Private to "despedimos": m.
"despedido" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "despedimos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- despedido ← ddespedido · depsedido · desepdido · despdeido · despeddido · despeddio · despediddo · despediod
- despedimos ← ddespedimos · depsedimos · desepdimos · despdeimos · despeddimos · despedimmos · despedimoss · despedimso
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "despedido" for "despedimos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "despedido" vs "despedimos" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "despedido" and "despedimos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "despedido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "despedimos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #172,633 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "despedido" and "despedimos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "despedidas vs despedimos". 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 #172,633 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.