Which to use
“difundan” and “difunden” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,195
- “difundan” frequency rank
- #26,408
- “difunden” frequency rank
- 53603
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | difundan | difunden |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de difundir. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de difundir. |
Where the eye mixes difundan and difunden
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. difundan and difunden follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between difundan and difunden
A purely visual mix-up. difundan ([d̪iˈfũn̪d̪ãn]) and difunden ([d̪iˈfũn̪d̪ẽn]) 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 “difundan” becomes e in “difunden”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53603, 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]. difunden is at rank #26,408, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪iˈfũn̪d̪ẽn].
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 53603, this pair ranks #87,087 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of difundan vs difunden
Shared letters: dfinu. Private to "difundan": a. Private to "difunden": e.
"difundan" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "difunden" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "difundan" for "difunden" ever safe?
Which is more common, "difundan" or "difunden"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "difundan" and "difunden" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "difundan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "difunden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #87,087 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "difundan" and "difunden" 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 #87,087 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.