dimitióvsdividióWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“dimitió” and “dividió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#34,063
“dimitió” frequency rank
#19,703
“dividió” frequency rank
53766
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dimitió dividió
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de dimitir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de dividir o de dividirse.

Where the eye mixes dimitió and dividió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dimitió and dividió follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
dimitió
7 ch
dividió

Why the eye confuses dimitió with dividió

A purely visual mix-up. dimitió ([d̪imiˈt̪jo]) and dividió ([d̪iβ̞iˈð̞jo]) 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 53766, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dimitió is recorded at frequency rank #34,063, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪imiˈt̪jo]. dividió is at rank #19,703, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪iβ̞iˈð̞jo].

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 53766, this pair ranks #86,297 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dimitió vs dividió

Shared letters: dió. Private to "dimitió": mt. Private to "dividió": v.

"dimitió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "dividió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dimitió" and "dividió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪imiˈt̪jo] versus [d̪iβ̞iˈð̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dimitió" or "dividió"?
"dividió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,703 in our Spanish list, against #34,063 for "dimitió". 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 "dimitió" and "dividió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dimitió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dividió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #86,297 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dimitió" and "dividió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dimita vs dimitió". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #86,297 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