vividovsvividosWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#3,091
“vivido” frequency rank
#32,452
“vividos” frequency rank
35543
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vivido vividos
Definition Participio de vivir. Forma del plural de vivido, participio de vivir.

Where the eye mixes vivido and vividos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. vivido runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against vividos's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
vivido
7 ch
vividos

Look-alike desk: vivido vs vividos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vivido is [biˈβ̞ið̞o] while vividos is [biˈβ̞ið̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “vivido” sits inside “vividos”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35543, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vivido is recorded at frequency rank #3,091, classified as averb, pronounced [biˈβ̞ið̞o]. vividos is at rank #32,452, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [biˈβ̞ið̞os].

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 35543, this pair ranks #185,508 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vivido vs vividos

Shared letters: diov. Private to "vivido": -. Private to "vividos": s.

"vivido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "vividos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vivido ← bibido · ivvido · viivdo · vivdio · vividdo · viviod · vivvido · vviido
  • vividos ← bibidos · ivvidos · viivdos · vivdios · vividdos · vividoss · vividso · viviods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vivido" and "vividos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vivido" is a verb and "vividos" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "vivido" vs "vividos" - which ranks higher?
"vivido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,091 in our Spanish list, against #32,452 for "vividos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "vivido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vividos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #185,508 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vivido" and "vividos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vinilos vs vividos". 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 #185,508 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