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“confundas” and “confundió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,988
“confundas” frequency rank
#23,354
“confundió” frequency rank
53342
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature confundas confundió
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) 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 confundas and confundió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. confundas (CVCCVCCVC) and confundió (CVCCVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
confundas
9 ch
confundió

Why the eye confuses confundas with confundió

A purely visual mix-up. confundas ([kõɱˈfũn̪d̪as]) 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 53342, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

confundas is recorded at frequency rank #29,988, classified as averb, pronounced [kõɱˈfũn̪d̪as]. 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 53342, this pair ranks #88,367 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of confundas vs confundió

Shared letters: cdfnou. Private to "confundas": as. Private to "confundió": .

"confundas" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "confundió" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • confundascconfundas · cnofundas · cofnundas · conffundas · confnudas · confudnas · confunads · confundass

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "confundas" and "confundió" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kõɱˈfũn̪d̪as] versus [kõɱfũn̪ˈd̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "confundas" or "confundió" show up more?
"confundió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,354 in our Spanish list, against #29,988 for "confundas". 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 "confundas" 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 #88,367 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "confundas" and "confundió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confundas 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 #88,367 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