Which to use
“dirigidos” is a participle and “dirigió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,011
- “dirigidos” frequency rank
- #4,701
- “dirigió” frequency rank
- 11712
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dirigidos | dirigió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de dirigido, participio de dirigir. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de dirigir o de dirigirse. |
Where the eye mixes dirigidos and dirigió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dirigidos runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVC) against dirigió's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between dirigidos and dirigió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dirigidos is [d̪iɾiˈxið̞os] while dirigió is [d̪iɾiˈxjo]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11712, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dirigidos is recorded at frequency rank #7,011, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪iɾiˈxið̞os]. dirigió is at rank #4,701, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪iɾiˈxjo].
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 11712, this pair ranks #294,145 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dirigidos vs dirigió
Shared letters: dgir. Private to "dirigidos": os. Private to "dirigió": ó.
"dirigidos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "dirigió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dirigidos ← ddirigidos · diirgidos · dirgiidos · dirigdios · diriggidos · dirigiddos · dirigidoss · dirigidso
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dirigidos" and "dirigió" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dirigidos" or "dirigió" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dirigidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dirigió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #294,145 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dirigidos" and "dirigió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dirigió vs dirimir". 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 #294,145 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.