Which to use
“pedida” is a participle and “perdía” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,998
- “pedida” frequency rank
- #14,670
- “perdía” frequency rank
- 55668
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pedida | perdía |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de pedido, participio de pedir. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de perder o de perderse. |
Where the eye mixes pedida and perdía
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. pedida (CVCVCV) and perdía (CVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: pedida vs perdía
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pedida is [peˈð̞ið̞a] while perdía is [peɾˈð̞ia]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55668, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pedida is recorded at frequency rank #40,998, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [peˈð̞ið̞a]. perdía is at rank #14,670, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾˈð̞ia].
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 55668, this pair ranks #77,879 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pedida vs perdía
Shared letters: adep. Private to "pedida": i. Private to "perdía": rí.
"pedida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "perdía" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pedida ← epdida · pdeida · peddia · peddida · pediad · pedidda · peidda · ppedida
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pedida" for "perdía" ever safe?
Which is more common, "pedida" or "perdía"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "pedida" and "perdía" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pedida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perdía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #77,879 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pedida" and "perdía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pedida vs pulida". 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 #77,879 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.