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

#39,963
“rendía” frequency rank
#14,451
“rindió” frequency rank
54414
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rendía rindió
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 pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de rendir o de rendirse.

Where the eye mixes rendía and rindió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rendía and rindió follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
rendía
6 ch
rindió

Look-alike desk: rendía vs rindió

A purely visual mix-up. rendía ([rẽn̪ˈd̪ia]) and rindió ([rĩn̪ˈd̪jo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54414, 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]. rindió is at rank #14,451, tagged as averb, pronounced [rĩn̪ˈd̪jo].

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 54414, this pair ranks #83,411 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rendía vs rindió

Shared letters: dnr. Private to "rendía": aeí. Private to "rindió": ió.

"rendía" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "rindió" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rendía" and "rindió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([rẽn̪ˈd̪ia] versus [rĩn̪ˈd̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "rendía" vs "rindió" - which ranks higher?
"rindió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,451 in our Spanish list, against #39,963 for "rendía". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "rendía" and "rindió" 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 "rindió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #83,411 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rendía" and "rindió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rendía vs repudia". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #83,411 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