# defendido vs defendiendo

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### defendido
*verb · IPA [d̪efẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o] · frequency rank #10,123*
Participio de defender o de defenderse.

### defendiendo
*verb · IPA [d̪efẽn̪ˈd̪jẽn̪d̪o] · frequency rank #6,894*
Gerundio de defender.

## Source
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