tejidavstejidoConfusable pair

Quick tell: tejida is a participle, tejido is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tejida” is a participle and “tejido” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,976
“tejida” frequency rank
#5,355
“tejido” frequency rank
55331
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tejida tejido
Definition Forma del femenino de tejido, participio de tejer o de tejerse. Trama de una tela.

Where the eye mixes tejida and tejido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. tejida and tejido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
tejida
6 ch
tejido

Look-alike desk: tejida vs tejido

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tejida is [t̪eˈxið̞a] while tejido is [t̪eˈxið̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “tejida” becomes o in “tejido”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55331, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tejida is recorded at frequency rank #49,976, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪eˈxið̞a]. tejido is at rank #5,355, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t̪eˈxið̞o].

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 55331, this pair ranks #79,385 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tejida vs tejido

Shared letters: deijt. Private to "tejida": a. Private to "tejido": o.

"tejida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "tejido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tejida ← etjida · teijda · tejdia · tejiad · tejidda · tejjida · tjeida · ttejida
  • tejido ← etjido · teijdo · tejdio · tejiddo · tejiod · tejjido · tjeido · ttejido

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tejida" for "tejido" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tejida" is a participle and "tejido" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "tejida" vs "tejido" - which ranks higher?
"tejido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,355 in our Spanish list, against #49,976 for "tejida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "tejida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tejido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #79,385 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tejida" and "tejido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tejida vs teñida". 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 #79,385 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