Which to use
“esconda” and “escondía” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,727
- “esconda” frequency rank
- #27,595
- “escondía” frequency rank
- 72322
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | esconda | escondía |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de esconder. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de esconder. |
Where the eye mixes esconda and escondía
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. esconda runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against escondía's 8 (VCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: esconda vs escondía
A purely visual mix-up. esconda ([esˈkõn̪d̪a]) and escondía ([eskõn̪ˈd̪ia]) 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 72322, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
esconda is recorded at frequency rank #44,727, classified as averb, pronounced [esˈkõn̪d̪a]. escondía is at rank #27,595, tagged as averb, pronounced [eskõn̪ˈd̪ia].
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 72322, this pair ranks #25,584 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of esconda vs escondía
Shared letters: acdenos. Private to "esconda": -. Private to "escondía": í.
"esconda" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "escondía" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- esconda ← ecsonda · escconda · escnoda · escodna · esconad · escondda · esconnda · esocnda
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "esconda" for "escondía" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "esconda" or "escondía" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "esconda" and "escondía" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "esconda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "escondía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,584 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "esconda" and "escondía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "esconda vs escondían". 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 #25,584 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.