Which to use
“pidió” is a verb and “piso” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,874
- “pidió” frequency rank
- #1,419
- “piso” frequency rank
- 3293
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pidió | piso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de pedir. | Acción o efecto de pisar. |
Where the eye mixes pidió and piso
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pidió vs piso
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pidió is [piˈð̞jo] while piso is [ˈpiso]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3293, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pidió is recorded at frequency rank #1,874, classified as averb, pronounced [piˈð̞jo]. piso is at rank #1,419, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpiso].
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 3293, this pair ranks #318,621 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pidió vs piso
Shared letters: ip. Private to "pidió": dó. Private to "piso": os.
"pidió" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "piso" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- piso ← ipso · pios · pisso · ppiso · psio
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pidió" for "piso" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pidió" vs "piso" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pidió" and "piso" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pidió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "piso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #318,621 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pidió" and "piso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "piso vs pitón". 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 #318,621 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.