réditovsrendidoTell them apart

Quick tell: rédito is a noun, rendido is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rédito” is a noun and “rendido” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,622
“rédito” frequency rank
#17,806
“rendido” frequency rank
59428
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rédito rendido
Definition Utilidad, renta o beneficio actualizable que rinde un patrimonio económico. Participio de rendir o de rendirse.

Where the eye mixes rédito and rendido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rédito runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against rendido's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
rédito
7 ch
rendido

Why the eye confuses rédito with rendido

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rédito is [ˈreð̞it̪o] while rendido is [rẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59428, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rédito is recorded at frequency rank #41,622, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈreð̞it̪o]. rendido is at rank #17,806, tagged as averb, pronounced [rẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o].

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 59428, this pair ranks #62,650 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rédito vs rendido

Shared letters: dior. Private to "rédito": té. Private to "rendido": en.

"rédito" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "rendido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rendido ← erndido · rednido · renddido · renddio · rendiddo · rendiod · reniddo · renndido

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rédito" and "rendido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rédito" is a noun and "rendido" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "rédito" or "rendido" show up more?
"rendido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,806 in our Spanish list, against #41,622 for "rédito". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "rédito" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rendido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #62,650 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rédito" and "rendido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rédito vs réditos". 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 #62,650 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