transmitidosvstransmitióConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#27,807
“transmitidos” frequency rank
#17,566
“transmitió” frequency rank
45373
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature transmitidos transmitió
Definition Forma del plural de transmitido, participio de transmitir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de transmitir.

Where the eye mixes transmitidos and transmitió

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

12 ch
transmitidos
10 ch
transmitió

Visual trap between transmitidos and transmitió

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: transmitidos is [t̪ɾãnsmiˈt̪ið̞os] while transmitió is [t̪ɾãnsmiˈt̪jo]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45373, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

transmitidos is recorded at frequency rank #27,807, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪ɾãnsmiˈt̪ið̞os]. transmitió is at rank #17,566, tagged as averb, pronounced [t̪ɾãnsmiˈt̪jo].

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 45373, this pair ranks #131,805 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of transmitidos vs transmitió

Shared letters: aimnrst. Private to "transmitidos": do. Private to "transmitió": ó.

"transmitidos" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCCVCVCVC  ·  "transmitió" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • transmitidos ← rtansmitidos · tarnsmitidos · tranmsitidos · trannsmitidos · transimtidos · transmiitdos · transmitdios · transmitiddos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "transmitidos" and "transmitió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "transmitidos" is a participle and "transmitió" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "transmitidos" or "transmitió" show up more?
"transmitió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,566 in our Spanish list, against #27,807 for "transmitidos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "transmitidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "transmitió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #131,805 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "transmitidos" and "transmitió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "transmitió 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 #131,805 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