Which to use
“sacudida” is a noun and “sacudió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,228
- “sacudida” frequency rank
- #19,244
- “sacudió” frequency rank
- 45472
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sacudida | sacudió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción o efecto de sacudir o de sacudirse. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de sacudir o de sacudirse. |
Where the eye mixes sacudida and sacudió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. sacudida runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against sacudió's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: sacudida vs sacudió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sacudida is [sakuˈð̞ið̞a] while sacudió is [sakuˈð̞jo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45472, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sacudida is recorded at frequency rank #26,228, classified as anoun, pronounced [sakuˈð̞ið̞a]. sacudió is at rank #19,244, tagged as averb, pronounced [sakuˈð̞jo].
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 45472, this pair ranks #131,260 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sacudida vs sacudió
Shared letters: acdisu. Private to "sacudida": -. Private to "sacudió": ó.
"sacudida" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "sacudió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sacudida ← ascudida · saccudida · sacduida · sacuddia · sacuddida · sacudiad · sacudidda · sacuidda
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sacudida" for "sacudió" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sacudida" vs "sacudió" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "sacudida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sacudió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,260 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sacudida" and "sacudió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sacudida vs sacudidas". 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 #131,260 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.