Which to use
“escondidos” is a participle and “escondió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,849
- “escondidos” frequency rank
- #24,857
- “escondió” frequency rank
- 40706
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | escondidos | escondió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de escondido, participio de esconder. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de esconder. |
Where the eye mixes escondidos and escondió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. escondidos runs 10 letters (VCCVCCVCVC) against escondió's 8 (VCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between escondidos and escondió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: escondidos is [eskõn̪ˈd̪ið̞os] while escondió is [eskõn̪ˈd̪jo]. 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 40706, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
escondidos is recorded at frequency rank #15,849, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [eskõn̪ˈd̪ið̞os]. escondió is at rank #24,857, tagged as averb, pronounced [eskõn̪ˈd̪jo].
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 40706, this pair ranks #157,640 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of escondidos vs escondió
Shared letters: cdeinos. Private to "escondidos": -. Private to "escondió": ó.
"escondidos" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC · "escondió" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- escondidos ← ecsondidos · esccondidos · escnodidos · escodnidos · esconddidos · esconddios · escondiddos · escondidoss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "escondidos" for "escondió" ever safe?
Frequency check: "escondidos" vs "escondió" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "escondidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "escondió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #157,640 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "escondidos" and "escondió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "escondían vs escondió". 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 #157,640 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.