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“expandido” and “expandió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,839
“expandido” frequency rank
#31,342
“expandió” frequency rank
58181
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature expandido expandió
Definition Participio de expandir o de expandirse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de expandir.

Where the eye mixes expandido and expandió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. expandido runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against expandió's 8 (VCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
expandido
8 ch
expandió

Look-alike desk: expandido vs expandió

A purely visual mix-up. expandido ([ekspãn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]) and expandió ([ekspãn̪ˈd̪jo]) 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 58181, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

expandido is recorded at frequency rank #26,839, classified as averb, pronounced [ekspãn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]. expandió is at rank #31,342, tagged as averb, pronounced [ekspãn̪ˈd̪jo].

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 58181, this pair ranks #67,449 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of expandido vs expandió

Shared letters: adeinpx. Private to "expandido": o. Private to "expandió": ó.

"expandido" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "expandió" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • expandidoepxandido · exapndido · expadnido · expanddido · expanddio · expandiddo · expandiod · expaniddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "expandido" and "expandió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ekspãn̪ˈd̪ið̞o] versus [ekspãn̪ˈd̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "expandido" vs "expandió" - which ranks higher?
"expandido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,839 in our Spanish list, against #31,342 for "expandió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "expandido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "expandió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #67,449 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "expandido" and "expandió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expandió vs expansion". 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 #67,449 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list