remitidovsremitidosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: remitido is a verb, remitidos is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“remitido” is a verb and “remitidos” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,790
“remitido” frequency rank
#46,783
“remitidos” frequency rank
72573
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remitido remitidos
Definition Participio de remitir. Forma del plural de remitido, participio de remitir.

Where the eye mixes remitido and remitidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. remitido runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against remitidos's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
remitido
9 ch
remitidos

Why the eye confuses remitido with remitidos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: remitido is [remiˈt̪ið̞o] while remitidos is [remiˈt̪ið̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “remitido” sits inside “remitidos”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72573, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remitido is recorded at frequency rank #25,790, classified as averb, pronounced [remiˈt̪ið̞o]. remitidos is at rank #46,783, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [remiˈt̪ið̞os].

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 72573, this pair ranks #25,071 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remitido vs remitidos

Shared letters: deimort. Private to "remitido": -. Private to "remitidos": s.

"remitido" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "remitidos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remitidoermitido · reimtido · remiitdo · remitdio · remitiddo · remitiod · remittido · remmitido
  • remitidosermitidos · reimtidos · remiitdos · remitdios · remitiddos · remitidoss · remitidso · remitiods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remitido" for "remitidos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remitido" is a verb and "remitidos" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "remitido" vs "remitidos" - which ranks higher?
"remitido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,790 in our Spanish list, against #46,783 for "remitidos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "remitido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remitidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #25,071 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remitido" and "remitidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remitidos vs removidos". 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 #25,071 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