rendidovsrindióConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#17,806
“rendido” frequency rank
#14,451
“rindió” frequency rank
32257
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rendido rindió
Definition Participio 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 rendido and rindió

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

7 ch
rendido
6 ch
rindió

Why the eye confuses rendido with rindió

A purely visual mix-up. rendido ([rẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32257, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rendido is recorded at frequency rank #17,806, classified as averb, pronounced [rẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]. 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 32257, this pair ranks #202,924 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rendido vs rindió

Shared letters: dinr. Private to "rendido": eo. Private to "rindió": ó.

"rendido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "rindió" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rendido" and "rindió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([rẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o] versus [rĩn̪ˈd̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "rendido" 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 #17,806 for "rendido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rendido" 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 #202,924 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rendido" and "rindió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rendido vs rentado". 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 #202,924 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