# defendiendo vs deteniendo

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### deteniendo
*verb · IPA [d̪et̪eˈnjẽn̪d̪o] · frequency rank #28,727*
Gerundio de detener.

## Source
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