dividenvsdividióWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#13,443
“dividen” frequency rank
#19,703
“dividió” frequency rank
33146
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dividen dividió
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de dividir o de dividirse. 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 dividen and dividió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dividen (CVCVCVC) and dividió (CVCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
dividen
7 ch
dividió

Visual trap between dividen and dividió

A purely visual mix-up. dividen ([d̪iˈβ̞ið̞ẽn]) 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 33146, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dividen is recorded at frequency rank #13,443, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪iˈβ̞ið̞ẽn]. 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 33146, this pair ranks #198,360 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dividen vs dividió

Shared letters: div. Private to "dividen": en. Private to "dividió": ó.

"dividen" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "dividió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dividen ← ddividen · dibiden · diivden · divdien · dividden · dividenn · dividne · diviedn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dividen" for "dividió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪iˈβ̞ið̞ẽn] versus [d̪iβ̞iˈð̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dividen" or "dividió"?
"dividen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,443 in our Spanish list, against #19,703 for "dividió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dividen" 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 #198,360 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dividen" and "dividió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dividía vs dividió". 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 #198,360 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