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.
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
- expedido ← epxedido · exepdido · expdeido · expeddido · expeddio · expediddo · expediod · expeiddo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "expedido" and "expidió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "expedido" vs "expidió" - which ranks higher?
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.