Which to use
“perdía” is a verb and “perdidas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,670
- “perdía” frequency rank
- #8,038
- “perdidas” frequency rank
- 22708
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perdía | perdidas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de perder o de perderse. | Forma del femenino plural de perdido, participio de perder o de perderse. |
Where the eye mixes perdía and perdidas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: perdía vs perdidas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: perdía is [peɾˈð̞ia] while perdidas is [peɾˈð̞ið̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22708, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perdía is recorded at frequency rank #14,670, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾˈð̞ia]. perdidas is at rank #8,038, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [peɾˈð̞ið̞as].
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 22708, this pair ranks #249,097 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of perdía vs perdidas
Shared letters: adepr. Private to "perdía": í. Private to "perdidas": is.
"perdía" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "perdidas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- perdidas ← eprdidas · pedridas · perddias · perddidas · perdiads · perdidass · perdiddas · perdidsa
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "perdía" and "perdidas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "perdía" vs "perdidas" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "perdía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perdidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #249,097 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perdía" and "perdidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perciba vs perdía". 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 #249,097 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.