hebdovsheridoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: hebdo is a noun, herido is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hebdo” is a noun and “herido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,594
“hebdo” frequency rank
#4,014
“herido” frequency rank
50608
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hebdo herido
Definition Semanario. Que ha sufrido un daño físico como una herida, desgarro, contusión u otra lesión.

Where the eye mixes hebdo and herido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
hebdo
6 ch
herido

Look-alike desk: hebdo vs herido

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hebdo is /ɛb.do/ while herido is [eˈɾið̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50608, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hebdo is recorded at frequency rank #46,594, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɛb.do/. herido is at rank #4,014, tagged as anadj, pronounced [eˈɾið̞o].

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 50608, this pair ranks #102,284 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hebdo vs herido

Shared letters: deho. Private to "hebdo": b. Private to "herido": ir.

"hebdo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "herido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hebdoehbdo · hbedo · hebbdo · hebddo · hebod · hedbo · hevdo · hhebdo
  • heridoehrido · heirdo · herdio · heriddo · heriod · herrido · hherido · hreido

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hebdo" for "herido" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hebdo" is a noun and "herido" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hebdo" or "herido"?
"herido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,014 in our Spanish list, against #46,594 for "hebdo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "hebdo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "herido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #102,284 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hebdo" and "herido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Haedo vs hebdo". 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 #102,284 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