Which to use
“podido” is a verb and “podrida” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,525
- “podido” frequency rank
- #16,943
- “podrida” frequency rank
- 18468
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | podido | podrida |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de poder. | Forma del femenino de podrido. |
Where the eye mixes podido and podrida
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. podido runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against podrida's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between podido and podrida
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: podido is [poˈð̞ið̞o] while podrida is [poˈð̞ɾið̞a]. 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 participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18468, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
podido is recorded at frequency rank #1,525, classified as averb, pronounced [poˈð̞ið̞o]. podrida is at rank #16,943, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [poˈð̞ɾið̞a].
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 18468, this pair ranks #267,793 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of podido vs podrida
Shared letters: diop. Private to "podido": -. Private to "podrida": ar.
"podido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "podrida" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "podido" for "podrida" ever safe?
Which is more common, "podido" or "podrida"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "podido" and "podrida" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "podido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "podrida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #267,793 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "podido" and "podrida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pedida vs podrida". 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 #267,793 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.