Which to use
“encendido” and “encendió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,287
- “encendido” frequency rank
- #17,422
- “encendió” frequency rank
- 26709
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encendido | encendió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de encender. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de encender o de encenderse. |
Where the eye mixes encendido and encendió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. encendido runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against encendió's 8 (VCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses encendido with encendió
A purely visual mix-up. encendido ([ẽnsẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]) and encendió ([ẽnsẽn̪ˈd̪jo]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26709, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encendido is recorded at frequency rank #9,287, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽnsẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]. encendió is at rank #17,422, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽnsẽn̪ˈd̪jo].
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 26709, this pair ranks #230,346 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of encendido vs encendió
Shared letters: cdein. Private to "encendido": o. Private to "encendió": ó.
"encendido" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "encendió" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- encendido ← ecnendido · enccendido · encednido · encenddido · encenddio · encendiddo · encendiod · enceniddo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "encendido" for "encendió" ever safe?
Frequency check: "encendido" vs "encendió" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "encendido" and "encendió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "encendido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "encendió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #230,346 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encendido" and "encendió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encendió vs excedió". 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 #230,346 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.