tejidavstemíaWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#49,976
“tejida” frequency rank
#13,364
“temía” frequency rank
63340
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tejida temía
Definition Forma del femenino de tejido, participio de tejer o de tejerse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de temer.

Where the eye mixes tejida and temía

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
tejida
5 ch
temía

Visual trap between tejida and temía

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tejida is [t̪eˈxið̞a] while temía is [t̪eˈmia]. 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 63340, 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]. temía is at rank #13,364, tagged as averb, pronounced [t̪eˈmia].

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 63340, this pair ranks #49,058 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tejida vs temía

Shared letters: aet. Private to "tejida": dij. Private to "temía": .

"tejida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "temía" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tejidaetjida · teijda · tejdia · tejiad · tejidda · tejjida · tjeida · ttejida

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tejida" for "temía" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tejida" is a participle and "temía" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "tejida" or "temía"?
"temía" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,364 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.

After this comparison

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 "temía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,058 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tejida" and "temía" 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 #49,058 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