Which to use
“tendido” and “tendidos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,974
- “tendido” frequency rank
- #47,446
- “tendidos” frequency rank
- 62420
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tendido | tendidos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción o efecto de tender o de tenderse. | Forma del plural de tendido. |
Where the eye mixes tendido and tendidos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. tendido runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against tendidos's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses tendido with tendidos
A purely visual mix-up. tendido ([t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]) and tendidos ([t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞os]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “tendido” sits inside “tendidos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tendido is recorded at frequency rank #14,974, classified as anoun, pronounced [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]. tendidos is at rank #47,446, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞os].
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 62420, this pair ranks #52,094 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tendido vs tendidos
Shared letters: deinot. Private to "tendido": -. Private to "tendidos": s.
"tendido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "tendidos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tendido" and "tendidos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "tendido" or "tendidos" 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 "tendido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tendidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,094 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tendido" and "tendidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tendida vs tendidos". 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 #52,094 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.