transmitíavstransmitidasConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#37,888
“transmitía” frequency rank
#31,580
“transmitidas” frequency rank
69468
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature transmitía transmitidas
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de transmitir. Forma del femenino plural de transmitido, participio de transmitir.

Where the eye mixes transmitía and transmitidas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. transmitía runs 10 letters (CCVCCCVCVV) against transmitidas's 12 (CCVCCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
transmitía
12 ch
transmitidas

Look-alike desk: transmitía vs transmitidas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: transmitía is [t̪ɾãnsmiˈt̪ia] while transmitidas is [t̪ɾãnsmiˈt̪ið̞as]. 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 (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69468, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

transmitía is recorded at frequency rank #37,888, classified as averb, pronounced [t̪ɾãnsmiˈt̪ia]. transmitidas is at rank #31,580, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪ɾãnsmiˈt̪ið̞as].

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 69468, this pair ranks #31,909 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of transmitía vs transmitidas

Shared letters: aimnrst. Private to "transmitía": í. Private to "transmitidas": d.

"transmitía" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCCVCVV  ·  "transmitidas" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • transmitidas ← rtansmitidas · tarnsmitidas · tranmsitidas · trannsmitidas · transimtidas · transmiitdas · transmitdias · transmitiads

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "transmitía" for "transmitidas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "transmitía" is a verb and "transmitidas" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "transmitía" vs "transmitidas" - which ranks higher?
"transmitidas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,580 in our Spanish list, against #37,888 for "transmitía". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "transmitía" and "transmitidas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "transmitía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "transmitidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,909 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "transmitía" and "transmitidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "transmitía vs transmitirá". 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 #31,909 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