dividióvsdividirConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#19,703
“dividió” frequency rank
#7,983
“dividir” frequency rank
27686
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dividió dividir
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de dividir o de dividirse. Acción de separar, cortar en pedazos, para poder distribuir una cosa.

Where the eye mixes dividió and dividir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dividió (CVCVCVV) and dividir (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
dividió
7 ch
dividir

Visual trap between dividió and dividir

A purely visual mix-up. dividió ([d̪iβ̞iˈð̞jo]) and dividir ([d̪iβ̞iˈð̞iɾ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - ó in “dividió” becomes r in “dividir”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27686, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dividió is recorded at frequency rank #19,703, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪iβ̞iˈð̞jo]. dividir is at rank #7,983, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪iβ̞iˈð̞iɾ].

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 27686, this pair ranks #225,645 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dividió vs dividir

Shared letters: div. Private to "dividió": ó. Private to "dividir": r.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dividir ← ddividir · dibidir · diivdir · divdiir · dividdir · dividirr · dividri · diviidr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dividió" and "dividir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪iβ̞iˈð̞jo] versus [d̪iβ̞iˈð̞iɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dividió" vs "dividir" - which ranks higher?
"dividir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,983 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 "dividió" and "dividir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dividió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dividir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #225,645 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dividió" and "dividir" 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 #225,645 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