percibidovspercibióConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#18,035
“percibido” frequency rank
#33,766
“percibió” frequency rank
51801
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature percibido percibió
Definition Participio de percibir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de percibir.

Where the eye mixes percibido and percibió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. percibido runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against percibió's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
percibido
8 ch
percibió

Look-alike desk: percibido vs percibió

A purely visual mix-up. percibido ([peɾsiˈβ̞ið̞o]) and percibió ([peɾsiˈβ̞jo]) 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 51801, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

percibido is recorded at frequency rank #18,035, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾsiˈβ̞ið̞o]. percibió is at rank #33,766, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾsiˈβ̞jo].

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 51801, this pair ranks #95,959 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of percibido vs percibió

Shared letters: bceipr. Private to "percibido": do. Private to "percibió": ó.

"percibido" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "percibió" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • percibido ← eprcibido · pecribido · percbiido · perccibido · percibbido · percibdio · percibiddo · percibiod

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "percibido" for "percibió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([peɾsiˈβ̞ið̞o] versus [peɾsiˈβ̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "percibido" or "percibió" show up more?
"percibido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,035 in our Spanish list, against #33,766 for "percibió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "percibido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "percibió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #95,959 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "percibido" and "percibió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perciba vs percibió". 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 #95,959 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