suicidadovssuicidoTell them apart

Which to use

“suicidado” and “suicido” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,409
“suicidado” frequency rank
#32,893
“suicido” frequency rank
62302
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suicidado suicido
Definition Participio de suicidarse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de suicidarse.

Where the eye mixes suicidado and suicido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. suicidado runs 9 letters (CVVCVCVCV) against suicido's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
suicidado
7 ch
suicido

Visual trap between suicidado and suicido

A purely visual mix-up. suicidado ([swisiˈð̞að̞o]) and suicido ([swiˈsið̞o]) 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 62302, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suicidado is recorded at frequency rank #29,409, classified as averb, pronounced [swisiˈð̞að̞o]. suicido is at rank #32,893, tagged as averb, pronounced [swiˈsið̞o].

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 62302, this pair ranks #52,508 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of suicidado vs suicido

Shared letters: cdiosu. Private to "suicidado": a. Private to "suicido": -.

"suicidado" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCVCV  ·  "suicido" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suicidado ← siucidado · ssuicidado · suciidado · suiccidado · suicdiado · suiciaddo · suicidaddo · suicidaod
  • suicido ← siucido · ssuicido · suciido · suiccido · suicdio · suiciddo · suiciod · suiicdo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "suicidado" for "suicido" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([swisiˈð̞að̞o] versus [swiˈsið̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "suicidado" or "suicido" show up more?
"suicidado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,409 in our Spanish list, against #32,893 for "suicido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suicidado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suicido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #52,508 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suicidado" and "suicido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suicidan vs suicido". 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 #52,508 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