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Which to use

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

#30,531
“invadida” frequency rank
#21,033
“invadió” frequency rank
51564
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature invadida invadió
Definition Forma del femenino de invadido, participio de invadir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de invadir.

Where the eye mixes invadida and invadió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. invadida runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against invadió's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
invadida
7 ch
invadió

Why the eye confuses invadida with invadió

A purely visual mix-up. invadida ([ĩmbaˈð̞ið̞a]) and invadió ([ĩmbaˈð̞jo]) 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 51564, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

invadida is recorded at frequency rank #30,531, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmbaˈð̞ið̞a]. invadió is at rank #21,033, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmbaˈð̞jo].

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 51564, this pair ranks #97,259 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of invadida vs invadió

Shared letters: adinv. Private to "invadida": -. Private to "invadió": ó.

"invadida" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "invadió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • invadida ← inavdida · inbadida · innvadida · invaddia · invaddida · invadiad · invadidda · invaidda

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "invadida" and "invadió" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmbaˈð̞ið̞a] versus [ĩmbaˈð̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "invadida" vs "invadió" - which ranks higher?
"invadió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,033 in our Spanish list, against #30,531 for "invadida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "invadida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "invadió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #97,259 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "invadida" and "invadió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "invada vs invadida". 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 #97,259 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