llovidovsllovióWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#35,128
“llovido” frequency rank
#30,984
“llovió” frequency rank
66112
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llovido llovió
Definition Participio de llover o de lloverse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de llover.

Where the eye mixes llovido and llovió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. llovido runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against llovió's 6 (CCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
llovido
6 ch
llovió

Look-alike desk: llovido vs llovió

A purely visual mix-up. llovido ([ʝoˈβ̞ið̞o]) and llovió ([ʝoˈβ̞jo]) 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 66112, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

llovido is recorded at frequency rank #35,128, classified as averb, pronounced [ʝoˈβ̞ið̞o]. llovió is at rank #30,984, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝoˈβ̞jo].

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 66112, this pair ranks #40,745 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of llovido vs llovió

Shared letters: ilov. Private to "llovido": d. Private to "llovió": ó.

"llovido" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "llovió" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llovido ← llobido · lloivdo · llovdio · lloviddo · lloviod · llovvido · llvoido · lolvido

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "llovido" and "llovió" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ʝoˈβ̞ið̞o] versus [ʝoˈβ̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "llovido" vs "llovió" - which ranks higher?
"llovió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,984 in our Spanish list, against #35,128 for "llovido". 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 "llovido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llovió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #40,745 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llovido" and "llovió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llovía vs llovido". 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 #40,745 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