Which to use
“dividida” is a noun and “dividido” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,791
- “dividida” frequency rank
- #7,148
- “dividido” frequency rank
- 15939
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dividida | dividido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | La parte de herencia de los padres. | Participio de dividir o de dividirse. |
Where the eye mixes dividida and dividido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dividida and dividido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: dividida vs dividido
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dividida is [d̪iβ̞iˈð̞ið̞a] while dividido is [d̪iβ̞iˈð̞ið̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “dividida” becomes o in “dividido”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15939, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dividida is recorded at frequency rank #8,791, classified as anoun, pronounced [d̪iβ̞iˈð̞ið̞a]. dividido is at rank #7,148, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪iβ̞iˈð̞ið̞o].
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 15939, this pair ranks #278,160 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dividida vs dividido
Shared letters: div. Private to "dividida": a. Private to "dividido": o.
"dividida" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "dividido" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dividida" and "dividido" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dividida" or "dividido" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dividida" and "dividido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dividida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dividido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #278,160 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dividida" and "dividido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dividía vs dividida". 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 #278,160 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.