difundanvsdifundeConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#27,195
“difundan” frequency rank
#15,071
“difunde” frequency rank
42266
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature difundan difunde
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) 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 difundan and difunde

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. difundan runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against difunde's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
difundan
7 ch
difunde

Visual trap between difundan and difunde

A purely visual mix-up. difundan ([d̪iˈfũn̪d̪ãn]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42266, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

difundan is recorded at frequency rank #27,195, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪iˈfũn̪d̪ãn]. 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 42266, this pair ranks #149,189 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of difundan vs difunde

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

"difundan" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "difunde" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • difundan ← ddifundan · dfiundan · diffundan · difnudan · difudnan · difunadn · difundann · difunddan
  • difunde ← ddifunde · dfiunde · diffunde · difnude · difudne · difundde · difuned · difunnde

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "difundan" for "difunde" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪iˈfũn̪d̪ãn] versus [d̪iˈfũn̪d̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "difundan" vs "difunde" - which ranks higher?
"difunde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,071 in our Spanish list, against #27,195 for "difundan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "difundan" 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 #149,189 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "difundan" and "difunde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "difunda vs difundan". 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 #149,189 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