sacudidovssacudióWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: sacudido is a adjective, sacudió is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sacudido” is an adjective and “sacudió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,772
“sacudido” frequency rank
#19,244
“sacudió” frequency rank
54016
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sacudido sacudió
Definition De carácter rebelde o áspero en las relaciones interpersonales. 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 sacudido and sacudió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. sacudido 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.

8 ch
sacudido
7 ch
sacudió

Look-alike desk: sacudido vs sacudió

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sacudido is [sakuˈð̞ið̞o] 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54016, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sacudido is recorded at frequency rank #34,772, classified as anadj, pronounced [sakuˈð̞ið̞o]. 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 54016, this pair ranks #85,198 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sacudido vs sacudió

Shared letters: acdisu. Private to "sacudido": o. Private to "sacudió": ó.

"sacudido" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "sacudió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sacudidoascudido · saccudido · sacduido · sacuddido · sacuddio · sacudiddo · sacudiod · sacuiddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sacudido" and "sacudió" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sacudido" is an adjective and "sacudió" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sacudido" or "sacudió"?
"sacudió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,244 in our Spanish list, against #34,772 for "sacudido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sacudido" 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 #85,198 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sacudido" and "sacudió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sacudidas vs sacudido". 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 #85,198 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