Which to use
“difunda” and “difundió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,399
- “difunda” frequency rank
- #19,989
- “difundió” frequency rank
- 62388
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | difunda | difundió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de difundir. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de difundir. |
Where the eye mixes difunda and difundió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. difunda runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against difundió's 8 (CVCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between difunda and difundió
A purely visual mix-up. difunda ([d̪iˈfũn̪d̪a]) and difundió ([d̪ifũn̪ˈd̪jo]) 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 62388, 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]. difundió is at rank #19,989, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪ifũn̪ˈd̪jo].
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 62388, this pair ranks #52,213 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of difunda vs difundió
Shared letters: dfinu. Private to "difunda": a. Private to "difundió": ó.
"difunda" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "difundió" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- difunda ← ddifunda · dfiunda · diffunda · difnuda · difudna · difunad · difundda · difunnda
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "difunda" for "difundió" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "difunda" and "difundió" 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 "difundió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,213 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "difunda" and "difundió" 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 #52,213 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.