difundir

/[d̪ifũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,321

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

difundir is aSpanishverb. It means: Extender o hacer saber de modo público algún tipo de conocimiento o información. Pronounced [d̪ifũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]. It ranks #4,321 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with disuadir and difunde.

Key facts for difundir
PropertyValue
Headworddifundir
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪ifũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,321
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of difundir in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for difundir is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪ifũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,321 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Extender o hacer saber de modo público algún tipo de conocimiento o información.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for difundir, with forms such as "ddifundir", "dfiundir", and "diffundir". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "disuadir", "difunde", "difunda", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is difundir, spelled D-I-F-U-N-D-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Extender o hacer saber de modo público algún tipo de conocimiento o información.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddifundir,dfiundir,diffundir,difnudir,difudnir,difunddir,difundirr,difundri,difunidr,difunndir,diufndir,idfundir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for difundir

Misspelling Variants of "difundir"

ddifundir9dfiundir8diffundir9difnudir8difudnir8difunddir9difundirr9difundri8
Misspelling Variants of "difundir"

Frequency rank: #4,321 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "difundir"?
"difundir" is spelled D-I-F-U-N-D-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪ifũn̪ˈd̪iɾ].
What does "difundir" mean?
As a verb, "difundir" means: Extender o hacer saber de modo público algún tipo de conocimiento o información.
What words are commonly confused with "difundir"?
"difundir" is commonly confused with "disuadir", "difunde", "difunda". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "difundir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "difundir" is [d̪ifũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "difundir" come from?
"difundir" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.