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“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.

7 ch
difunda
8 ch
difundió

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?
No. They are said differently ([d̪iˈfũn̪d̪a] versus [d̪ifũn̪ˈd̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "difunda" or "difundió"?
"difundió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,989 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.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list