Which to use
“suspendidos” is a participle and “suspendió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,243
- “suspendidos” frequency rank
- #14,721
- “suspendió” frequency rank
- 37964
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suspendidos | suspendió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de suspendido, participio de suspender. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de suspender. |
Where the eye mixes suspendidos and suspendió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. suspendidos runs 11 letters (CVCCVCCVCVC) against suspendió's 9 (CVCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: suspendidos vs suspendió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: suspendidos is [suspẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞os] while suspendió is [suspẽn̪ˈd̪jo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 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 37964, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suspendidos is recorded at frequency rank #23,243, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [suspẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞os]. suspendió is at rank #14,721, tagged as averb, pronounced [suspẽn̪ˈd̪jo].
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 37964, this pair ranks #172,542 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of suspendidos vs suspendió
Shared letters: deinpsu. Private to "suspendidos": o. Private to "suspendió": ó.
"suspendidos" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC · "suspendió" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- suspendidos ← ssupendidos · ssuspendidos · supsendidos · susepndidos · suspednidos · suspenddidos · suspenddios · suspendiddos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "suspendidos" for "suspendió" ever safe?
Which is more common, "suspendidos" or "suspendió"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "suspendidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suspendió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #172,542 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suspendidos" and "suspendió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suspendan vs suspendió". 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 #172,542 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.