Which to use
“escondía” is a verb and “escondidas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,595
- “escondía” frequency rank
- #11,042
- “escondidas” frequency rank
- 38637
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | escondía | escondidas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de esconder. | Juego infantil en donde se elige a una persona para que cuente con los ojos cerrados mientras los demás se esconden. Luego, debe intentar encontrar y librar a quienes se escondieron. |
Where the eye mixes escondía and escondidas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: escondía vs escondidas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: escondía is [eskõn̪ˈd̪ia] while escondidas is [eskõn̪ˈd̪ið̞as]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38637, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
escondía is recorded at frequency rank #27,595, classified as averb, pronounced [eskõn̪ˈd̪ia]. escondidas is at rank #11,042, tagged as anoun, pronounced [eskõn̪ˈd̪ið̞as].
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 38637, this pair ranks #168,917 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of escondía vs escondidas
Shared letters: acdenos. Private to "escondía": í. Private to "escondidas": i.
"escondía" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "escondidas" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- escondidas ← ecsondidas · esccondidas · escnodidas · escodnidas · esconddias · esconddidas · escondiads · escondidass
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "escondía" and "escondidas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "escondía" vs "escondidas" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "escondía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "escondidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #168,917 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "escondía" and "escondidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "escondía 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 #168,917 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.