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

#11,379
“confunde” frequency rank
#41,262
“confundes” frequency rank
52641
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature confunde confundes
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de confundir. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de confundir.

Where the eye mixes confunde and confundes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. confunde runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against confundes's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
confunde
9 ch
confundes

Look-alike desk: confunde vs confundes

A purely visual mix-up. confunde ([kõɱˈfũn̪d̪e]) and confundes ([kõɱˈfũn̪d̪es]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “confunde” sits inside “confundes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52641, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

confunde is recorded at frequency rank #11,379, classified as averb, pronounced [kõɱˈfũn̪d̪e]. confundes is at rank #41,262, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõɱˈfũn̪d̪es].

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 52641, this pair ranks #91,761 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of confunde vs confundes

Shared letters: cdefnou. Private to "confunde": -. Private to "confundes": s.

"confunde" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "confundes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • confundecconfunde · cnofunde · cofnunde · conffunde · confnude · confudne · confundde · confuned
  • confundescconfundes · cnofundes · cofnundes · conffundes · confnudes · confudnes · confunddes · confundess

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "confunde" for "confundes" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõɱˈfũn̪d̪e] versus [kõɱˈfũn̪d̪es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "confunde" or "confundes"?
"confunde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,379 in our Spanish list, against #41,262 for "confundes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "confunde" and "confundes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "confunde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "confundes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #91,761 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "confunde" and "confundes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confundes vs confundo". 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 #91,761 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