odiévsodioWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: odié is a verb, odio is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“odié” is a verb and “odio” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,596
“odié” frequency rank
#942
“odio” frequency rank
43538
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature odié odio
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de odiar. Sentimiento de violento desagrado hacia alguien o algo, que lleva a desearle el mal.

Where the eye mixes odié and odio

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. odié and odio follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
odié
4 ch
odio

Look-alike desk: odié vs odio

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: odié is [oˈð̞je] while odio is [ˈoð̞jo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - é in “odié” becomes o in “odio”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43538, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

odié is recorded at frequency rank #42,596, classified as averb, pronounced [oˈð̞je]. odio is at rank #942, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈoð̞jo].

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 43538, this pair ranks #142,099 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of odié vs odio

Shared letters: dio. Private to "odié": é. Private to "odio": -.

"odié" · 4 letters · shape VCVV  ·  "odio" · 4 letters · shape VCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • odio ← doio · oddio · odoi · oido

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "odié" and "odio" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "odié" is a verb and "odio" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "odié" or "odio"?
"odio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #942 in our Spanish list, against #42,596 for "odié". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "odié" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "odio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #142,099 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "odié" and "odio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "odié vs ome". 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 #142,099 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