Which to use
“sorprendida” is a participle and “sorprendió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,965
- “sorprendida” frequency rank
- #6,462
- “sorprendió” frequency rank
- 21427
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sorprendida | sorprendió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de sorprendido, participio de sorprender o de sorprenderse. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de sorprender o de sorprenderse. |
Where the eye mixes sorprendida and sorprendió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. sorprendida runs 11 letters (CVCCCVCCVCV) against sorprendió's 10 (CVCCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between sorprendida and sorprendió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sorprendida is [soɾpɾẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞a] while sorprendió is [soɾpɾẽn̪ˈd̪jo]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sorprendida is recorded at frequency rank #14,965, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [soɾpɾẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞a]. sorprendió is at rank #6,462, tagged as averb, pronounced [soɾpɾẽn̪ˈd̪jo].
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 21427, this pair ranks #254,987 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sorprendida vs sorprendió
Shared letters: deinoprs. Private to "sorprendida": a. Private to "sorprendió": ó.
"sorprendida" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVCV · "sorprendió" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sorprendida ← osrprendida · soprrendida · sorperndida · sorpprendida · sorprednida · sorprenddia · sorprenddida · sorprendiad
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sorprendida" for "sorprendió" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sorprendida" vs "sorprendió" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "sorprendida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sorprendió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #254,987 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sorprendida" and "sorprendió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sorprendía vs sorprendida". 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 #254,987 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.