invadidosvsinvadióWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#43,657
“invadidos” frequency rank
#21,033
“invadió” frequency rank
64690
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature invadidos invadió
Definition Forma del plural 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 invadidos and invadió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. invadidos runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVC) against invadió's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
invadidos
7 ch
invadió

Why the eye confuses invadidos with invadió

A purely visual mix-up. invadidos ([ĩmbaˈð̞ið̞os]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64690, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

invadidos is recorded at frequency rank #43,657, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmbaˈð̞ið̞os]. 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 64690, this pair ranks #44,856 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of invadidos vs invadió

Shared letters: adinv. Private to "invadidos": os. Private to "invadió": ó.

"invadidos" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC  ·  "invadió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • invadidos ← inavdidos · inbadidos · innvadidos · invaddidos · invaddios · invadiddos · invadidoss · invadidso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "invadidos" and "invadió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmbaˈð̞ið̞os] versus [ĩmbaˈð̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "invadidos" or "invadió"?
"invadió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,033 in our Spanish list, against #43,657 for "invadidos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "invadidos" 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 #44,856 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "invadidos" and "invadió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "invadidos vs inválidos". 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 #44,856 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