poseídavsposeídoTell them apart

Quick tell: poseída is a participle, poseído is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“poseída” is a participle and “poseído” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,284
“poseída” frequency rank
#22,819
“poseído” frequency rank
56103
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature poseída poseído
Definition Forma del femenino de poseído, participio de poseer. El que tiene en su cuerpo los espíritus malignos.

Where the eye mixes poseída and poseído

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
poseída
7 ch
poseído

Look-alike desk: poseída vs poseído

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: poseída is [poseˈið̞a] while poseído is [poseˈið̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “poseída” becomes o in “poseído”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56103, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

poseída is recorded at frequency rank #33,284, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [poseˈið̞a]. poseído is at rank #22,819, tagged as anadj, pronounced [poseˈið̞o].

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 56103, this pair ranks #76,026 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of poseída vs poseído

Shared letters: deopsí. Private to "poseída": a. Private to "poseído": -.

"poseída" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV  ·  "poseído" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "poseída" for "poseído" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "poseída" is a participle and "poseído" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "poseída" or "poseído" show up more?
"poseído" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,819 in our Spanish list, against #33,284 for "poseída". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "poseída" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "poseído" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #76,026 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "poseída" and "poseído" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poseída vs Poveda". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #76,026 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