Which to use
“encendidos” is a participle and “encendió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,107
- “encendidos” frequency rank
- #17,422
- “encendió” frequency rank
- 50529
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encendidos | encendió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de encendido, 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 encendidos and encendió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. encendidos runs 10 letters (VCCVCCVCVC) 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 encendidos with encendió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: encendidos is [ẽnsẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞os] while encendió is [ẽnsẽn̪ˈd̪jo]. 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 50529, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encendidos is recorded at frequency rank #33,107, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽnsẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞os]. 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 50529, this pair ranks #102,703 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of encendidos vs encendió
Shared letters: cdein. Private to "encendidos": os. Private to "encendió": ó.
"encendidos" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC · "encendió" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- encendidos ← ecnendidos · enccendidos · encednidos · encenddidos · encenddios · encendiddos · encendidoss · encendidso
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "encendidos" and "encendió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "encendidos" or "encendió"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "encendidos" 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 #102,703 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encendidos" and "encendió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encendidos vs entendidas". 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 #102,703 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.