respondidovsrespondoWhat's the difference?

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.

10 ch
respondido
8 ch
respondo

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?
No. They are said differently ([respõn̪ˈd̪ið̞o] versus [resˈpõn̪d̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "respondido" vs "respondo" - which ranks higher?
"respondido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,414 in our Spanish list, against #11,304 for "respondo". 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 "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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list