Which to use
“despidan” and “despidió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,640
- “despidan” frequency rank
- #13,226
- “despidió” frequency rank
- 51866
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | despidan | despidió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de despedir o de despedirse. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de despedir o de despedirse. |
Where the eye mixes despidan and despidió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. despidan (CVCCVCVC) and despidió (CVCCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses despidan with despidió
A purely visual mix-up. despidan ([d̪esˈpið̞ãn]) and despidió ([d̪espiˈð̞jo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
despidan is recorded at frequency rank #38,640, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪esˈpið̞ãn]. despidió is at rank #13,226, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪espiˈð̞jo].
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 51866, this pair ranks #95,631 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of despidan vs despidió
Shared letters: deips. Private to "despidan": an. Private to "despidió": ó.
"despidan" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "despidió" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- despidan ← ddespidan · depsidan · desipdan · despdian · despiadn · despidann · despiddan · despidna
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "despidan" and "despidió" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "despidan" or "despidió" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "despidan" and "despidió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "despidan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "despidió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,631 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "despidan" and "despidió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "despidan vs desvían". 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 #95,631 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.