Which to use
“tendía” is a verb and “tendida” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,484
- “tendía” frequency rank
- #31,572
- “tendida” frequency rank
- 71056
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tendía | tendida |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de tender o de tenderse. | Forma del femenino de tendido. |
Where the eye mixes tendía and tendida
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. tendía runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against tendida's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between tendía and tendida
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tendía is [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ia] while tendida is [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞a]. 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 (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71056, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tendía is recorded at frequency rank #39,484, classified as averb, pronounced [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ia]. tendida is at rank #31,572, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞a].
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 71056, this pair ranks #28,325 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tendía vs tendida
Shared letters: adent. Private to "tendía": í. Private to "tendida": i.
"tendía" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "tendida" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tendida ← etndida · tednida · tenddia · tenddida · tendiad · tendidda · tenidda · tenndida
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tendía" and "tendida" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "tendía" or "tendida" show up more?
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 "tendía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tendida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,325 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tendía" and "tendida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tendía vs tendían". 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 #28,325 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.