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

#39,963
“rendía” frequency rank
#41,604
“rendirá” frequency rank
81567
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rendía rendirá
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de rendir o de rendirse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de rendir o de rendirse.

Where the eye mixes rendía and rendirá

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

6 ch
rendía
7 ch
rendirá

Visual trap between rendía and rendirá

A purely visual mix-up. rendía ([rẽn̪ˈd̪ia]) and rendirá ([rẽn̪d̪iˈɾa]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81567, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rendía is recorded at frequency rank #39,963, classified as averb, pronounced [rẽn̪ˈd̪ia]. rendirá is at rank #41,604, tagged as averb, pronounced [rẽn̪d̪iˈɾa].

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 81567, this pair ranks #10,264 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rendía vs rendirá

Shared letters: denr. Private to "rendía": aí. Private to "rendirá": iá.

"rendía" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "rendirá" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rendía" and "rendirá" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([rẽn̪ˈd̪ia] versus [rẽn̪d̪iˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "rendía" or "rendirá" show up more?
"rendía" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,963 in our Spanish list, against #41,604 for "rendirá". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rendía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rendirá" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #10,264 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rendía" and "rendirá" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rendía vs repudia". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #10,264 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