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Which to use

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

#21,033
“invadió” frequency rank
#12,842
“invadir” frequency rank
33875
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature invadió invadir
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de invadir. Entrar por medio de la fuerza o de modo impositivo, colonizador, violento, etc., en un lugar, país, sociedad, territorio, etc.

Where the eye mixes invadió and invadir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. invadió (VCCVCVV) and invadir (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
invadió
7 ch
invadir

Visual trap between invadió and invadir

A purely visual mix-up. invadió ([ĩmbaˈð̞jo]) and invadir ([ĩmbaˈð̞iɾ]) 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 a single letter - ó in “invadió” becomes r in “invadir”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33875, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

invadió is recorded at frequency rank #21,033, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmbaˈð̞jo]. invadir is at rank #12,842, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmbaˈð̞iɾ].

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 33875, this pair ranks #194,445 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of invadió vs invadir

Shared letters: adinv. Private to "invadió": ó. Private to "invadir": r.

"invadió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "invadir" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • invadir ← inavdir · inbadir · innvadir · invaddir · invadirr · invadri · invaidr · invdair

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "invadió" and "invadir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ĩmbaˈð̞jo] versus [ĩmbaˈð̞iɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "invadió" vs "invadir" - which ranks higher?
"invadir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,842 in our Spanish list, against #21,033 for "invadió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "invadió" and "invadir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "invadió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "invadir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #194,445 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "invadió" and "invadir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "invada vs invadió". 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 #194,445 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