discutidosvsdiscutióConfusable pair

Quick tell: discutidos is a participle, discutió is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“discutidos” is a participle and “discutió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,653
“discutidos” frequency rank
#21,985
“discutió” frequency rank
60638
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature discutidos discutió
Definition Forma del plural de discutido, participio de discutir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de discutir.

Where the eye mixes discutidos and discutió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. discutidos runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVC) against discutió's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
discutidos
8 ch
discutió

Look-alike desk: discutidos vs discutió

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: discutidos is [d̪iskuˈt̪ið̞os] while discutió is [d̪iskuˈt̪jo]. 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 60638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

discutidos is recorded at frequency rank #38,653, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪iskuˈt̪ið̞os]. discutió is at rank #21,985, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪iskuˈt̪jo].

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 60638, this pair ranks #58,251 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of discutidos vs discutió

Shared letters: cdistu. Private to "discutidos": o. Private to "discutió": ó.

"discutidos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC  ·  "discutió" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • discutidos ← ddiscutidos · dicsutidos · disccutidos · disctuidos · discuitdos · discutdios · discutiddos · discutidoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "discutidos" and "discutió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "discutidos" is a participle and "discutió" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "discutidos" or "discutió" show up more?
"discutió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,985 in our Spanish list, against #38,653 for "discutidos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "discutidos" and "discutió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "discutidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "discutió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,251 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "discutidos" and "discutió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "discutidas vs discutidos". 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 #58,251 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