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

#17,642
“confundida” frequency rank
#24,439
“confundidos” frequency rank
42081
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature confundida confundidos
Definition Forma del femenino de confundido, participio de confundir. Forma del plural de confundido, participio de confundir.

Where the eye mixes confundida and confundidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

10 ch
confundida
11 ch
confundidos

Visual trap between confundida and confundidos

A purely visual mix-up. confundida ([kõɱfũn̪ˈd̪ið̞a]) and confundidos ([kõɱfũn̪ˈd̪ið̞os]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42081, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

confundida is recorded at frequency rank #17,642, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõɱfũn̪ˈd̪ið̞a]. confundidos is at rank #24,439, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõɱfũn̪ˈd̪ið̞os].

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 42081, this pair ranks #150,191 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of confundida vs confundidos

Shared letters: cdfinou. Private to "confundida": a. Private to "confundidos": s.

"confundida" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV  ·  "confundidos" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • confundidacconfundida · cnofundida · cofnundida · conffundida · confnudida · confudnida · confunddia · confunddida
  • confundidoscconfundidos · cnofundidos · cofnundidos · conffundidos · confnudidos · confudnidos · confunddidos · confunddios

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "confundida" for "confundidos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõɱfũn̪ˈd̪ið̞a] versus [kõɱfũn̪ˈd̪ið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "confundida" or "confundidos" show up more?
"confundida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,642 in our Spanish list, against #24,439 for "confundidos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "confundida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "confundidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #150,191 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "confundida" and "confundidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confundí vs confundida". 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 #150,191 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