jodidovsjodióConfusable pair

Quick tell: jodido is a adjective, jodió is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“jodido” is an adjective and “jodió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,009
“jodido” frequency rank
#28,052
“jodió” frequency rank
33061
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jodido jodió
Definition En mal estado de salud o conservación. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de joder.

Where the eye mixes jodido and jodió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. jodido runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against jodió's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
jodido
5 ch
jodió

Visual trap between jodido and jodió

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: jodido is [xoˈð̞ið̞o] while jodió is [xoˈð̞jo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33061, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jodido is recorded at frequency rank #5,009, classified as anadj, pronounced [xoˈð̞ið̞o]. 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 33061, this pair ranks #198,782 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of jodido vs jodió

Shared letters: dijo. Private to "jodido": -. Private to "jodió": ó.

"jodido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "jodió" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jodido ← jdoido · jjodido · joddido · joddio · jodiddo · jodiod · joiddo · ojdido

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "jodido" and "jodió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "jodido" is an adjective and "jodió" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "jodido" or "jodió" show up more?
"jodido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,009 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "jodido" 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 #198,782 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jodido" 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 #198,782 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