Which to use
“guiado” and “guió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,443
- “guiado” frequency rank
- #35,068
- “guió” frequency rank
- 52511
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guiado | guió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de guiar o de guiarse. | Grafía alternativa de guio. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de guiar o de guiarse. |
Where the eye mixes guiado and guió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: guiado vs guió
A purely visual mix-up. guiado ([ˈgjað̞o]) and guió ([ˈgjo]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52511, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guiado is recorded at frequency rank #17,443, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈgjað̞o]. guió is at rank #35,068, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈgjo].
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 52511, this pair ranks #92,344 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guiado vs guió
Shared letters: giu. Private to "guiado": ado. Private to "guió": ó.
"guiado" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV · "guió" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- guiado ← gguiado · giuado · guaido · guiaddo · guiaod · guidao · ugiado
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "guiado" for "guió" ever safe?
Frequency check: "guiado" vs "guió" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "guiado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,344 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guiado" and "guió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Giulio vs guió". 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 #92,344 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.