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“reído” and “rendido” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,993
“reído” frequency rank
#17,806
“rendido” frequency rank
44799
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reído rendido
Definition Participio de reír o de reírse. Participio de rendir o de rendirse.

Where the eye mixes reído and rendido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. reído runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against rendido's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
reído
7 ch
rendido

Visual trap between reído and rendido

A purely visual mix-up. reído ([reˈið̞o]) and rendido ([rẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44799, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reído is recorded at frequency rank #26,993, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈið̞o]. 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 44799, this pair ranks #135,064 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reído vs rendido

Shared letters: deor. Private to "reído": í. Private to "rendido": in.

"reído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "rendido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reído" and "rendido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reˈið̞o] versus [rẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "reído" or "rendido"?
"rendido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,806 in our Spanish list, against #26,993 for "reído". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "reído" 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 #135,064 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reído" and "rendido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reído vs rengo". 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 #135,064 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