Which to use
“impedido” and “impidió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,867
- “impedido” frequency rank
- #10,682
- “impidió” frequency rank
- 25549
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | impedido | impidió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de impedir. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de impedir. |
Where the eye mixes impedido and impidió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. impedido runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against impidió's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: impedido vs impidió
A purely visual mix-up. impedido ([ĩmpeˈð̞ið̞o]) and impidió ([ĩmpiˈð̞jo]) 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 25549, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
impedido is recorded at frequency rank #14,867, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmpeˈð̞ið̞o]. impidió is at rank #10,682, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmpiˈð̞jo].
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 25549, this pair ranks #235,928 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of impedido vs impidió
Shared letters: dimp. Private to "impedido": eo. Private to "impidió": ó.
"impedido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "impidió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- impedido ← imepdido · immpedido · impdeido · impeddido · impeddio · impediddo · impediod · impeiddo
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "impedido" and "impidió" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "impedido" or "impidió" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "impedido" and "impidió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "impedido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "impidió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #235,928 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "impedido" and "impidió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impedido vs impedidos". 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 #235,928 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.