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“confundan” and “confundió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,514
- “confundan” frequency rank
- #23,354
- “confundió” frequency rank
- 57868
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confundan | confundió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de confundir. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de confundir. |
Where the eye mixes confundan and confundió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. confundan (CVCCVCCVC) and confundió (CVCCVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: confundan vs confundió
A purely visual mix-up. confundan ([kõɱˈfũn̪d̪ãn]) and confundió ([kõɱfũn̪ˈd̪jo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confundan is recorded at frequency rank #34,514, classified as averb, pronounced [kõɱˈfũn̪d̪ãn]. confundió is at rank #23,354, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõɱfũn̪ˈd̪jo].
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 57868, this pair ranks #68,735 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of confundan vs confundió
Shared letters: cdfnou. Private to "confundan": a. Private to "confundió": ió.
"confundan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "confundió" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- confundan ← cconfundan · cnofundan · cofnundan · conffundan · confnudan · confudnan · confunadn · confundann
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "confundan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "confundió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,735 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confundan" and "confundió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confundan vs confundes". 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 #68,735 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.