expedidovsexpidióConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#29,209
“expedido” frequency rank
#40,302
“expidió” frequency rank
69511
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature expedido expidió
Definition Participio de expedir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de expedir.

Where the eye mixes expedido and expidió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

8 ch
expedido
7 ch
expidió

Look-alike desk: expedido vs expidió

A purely visual mix-up. expedido ([ekspeˈð̞ið̞o]) and expidió ([ekspiˈð̞jo]) 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 69511, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

expedido is recorded at frequency rank #29,209, classified as averb, pronounced [ekspeˈð̞ið̞o]. expidió is at rank #40,302, tagged as averb, pronounced [ekspiˈð̞jo].

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 69511, this pair ranks #31,828 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of expedido vs expidió

Shared letters: deipx. Private to "expedido": o. Private to "expidió": ó.

"expedido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "expidió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • expedidoepxedido · exepdido · expdeido · expeddido · expeddio · expediddo · expediod · expeiddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "expedido" and "expidió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ekspeˈð̞ið̞o] versus [ekspiˈð̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "expedido" vs "expidió" - which ranks higher?
"expedido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,209 in our Spanish list, against #40,302 for "expidió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "expedido" and "expidió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "expedido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "expidió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,828 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "expedido" and "expidió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excedió vs expidió". 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 #31,828 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