jodenvsjodióWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#19,156
“joden” frequency rank
#28,052
“jodió” frequency rank
47208
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature joden jodió
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de joder. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de joder.

Where the eye mixes joden and jodió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. joden (CVCVC) and jodió (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
joden
5 ch
jodió

Visual trap between joden and jodió

A purely visual mix-up. joden ([ˈxoð̞ẽn]) and jodió ([xoˈð̞jo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47208, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

joden is recorded at frequency rank #19,156, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈxoð̞ẽn]. jodió is at rank #28,052, tagged as averb, pronounced [xoˈð̞jo].

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 47208, this pair ranks #121,353 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of joden vs jodió

Shared letters: djo. Private to "joden": en. Private to "jodió": ió.

"joden" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "jodió" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • joden ← jdoen · jjoden · jodden · jodenn · jodne · joedn · ojden

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "joden" and "jodió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈxoð̞ẽn] versus [xoˈð̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "joden" vs "jodió" - which ranks higher?
"joden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,156 in our Spanish list, against #28,052 for "jodió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "joden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jodió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #121,353 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "joden" and "jodió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jodió vs jodo". 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 #121,353 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