Which to use
“respondido” and “respondo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,414
- “respondido” frequency rank
- #11,304
- “respondo” frequency rank
- 21718
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | respondido | respondo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de responder. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de responder. |
Where the eye mixes respondido and respondo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. respondido runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCV) against respondo's 8 (CVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between respondido and respondo
A purely visual mix-up. respondido ([respõn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]) and respondo ([resˈpõn̪d̪o]) 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 21718, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
respondido is recorded at frequency rank #10,414, classified as averb, pronounced [respõn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]. respondo is at rank #11,304, tagged as averb, pronounced [resˈpõn̪d̪o].
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 21718, this pair ranks #253,647 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of respondido vs respondo
Shared letters: denoprs. Private to "respondido": i. Private to "respondo": -.
"respondido" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV · "respondo" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- respondido ← erspondido · repsondido · resopndido · respnodido · respodnido · responddido · responddio · respondiddo
- respondo ← erspondo · repsondo · resopndo · respnodo · respodno · responddo · responndo · responod
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "respondido" and "respondo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "respondido" vs "respondo" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "respondido" and "respondo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "respondido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "respondo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #253,647 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "respondido" and "respondo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "respondo vs restando". 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 #253,647 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.