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

#42,399
“difunda” frequency rank
#15,071
“difunde” frequency rank
57470
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature difunda difunde
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de difundir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de difundir.

Where the eye mixes difunda and difunde

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. difunda and difunde follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
difunda
7 ch
difunde

Why the eye confuses difunda with difunde

A purely visual mix-up. difunda ([d̪iˈfũn̪d̪a]) and difunde ([d̪iˈfũn̪d̪e]) 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 a single letter - a in “difunda” becomes e in “difunde”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57470, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

difunda is recorded at frequency rank #42,399, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪iˈfũn̪d̪a]. difunde is at rank #15,071, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪iˈfũn̪d̪e].

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 57470, this pair ranks #70,386 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of difunda vs difunde

Shared letters: dfinu. Private to "difunda": a. Private to "difunde": e.

"difunda" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "difunde" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • difunda ← ddifunda · dfiunda · diffunda · difnuda · difudna · difunad · difundda · difunnda
  • difunde ← ddifunde · dfiunde · diffunde · difnude · difudne · difundde · difuned · difunnde

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "difunda" and "difunde" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪iˈfũn̪d̪a] versus [d̪iˈfũn̪d̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "difunda" or "difunde"?
"difunde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,071 in our Spanish list, against #42,399 for "difunda". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "difunda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "difunde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #70,386 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "difunda" and "difunde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "difunda vs difunta". 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 #70,386 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