quedadovsquedóWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: quedado is a adjective, quedó is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“quedado” is an adjective and “quedó” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,093
“quedado” frequency rank
#1,101
“quedó” frequency rank
3194
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature quedado quedó
Definition Que tiene dificultades para tomar la iniciativa o actuar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de quedar o de quedarse.

Where the eye mixes quedado and quedó

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

7 ch
quedado
5 ch
quedó

Look-alike desk: quedado vs quedó

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: quedado is [keˈð̞að̞o] while quedó is [keˈð̞o]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3194, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

quedado is recorded at frequency rank #2,093, classified as anadj, pronounced [keˈð̞að̞o]. quedó is at rank #1,101, tagged as averb, pronounced [keˈð̞o].

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 3194, this pair ranks #318,846 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of quedado vs quedó

Shared letters: dequ. Private to "quedado": ao. Private to "quedó": ó.

"quedado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "quedó" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quedadoqeudado · qquedado · qudeado · queaddo · quedaddo · quedaod · queddado · queddao

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "quedado" and "quedó" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "quedado" is an adjective and "quedó" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "quedado" or "quedó"?
"quedó" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,101 in our Spanish list, against #2,093 for "quedado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "quedado" and "quedó" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "quedado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "quedó" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #318,846 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "quedado" and "quedó" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quedado vs quedáis". 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 #318,846 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