Which to use
“difundan” and “difundió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,195
- “difundan” frequency rank
- #19,989
- “difundió” frequency rank
- 47184
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | difundan | difundió |
|---|---|---|
| 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 pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de difundir. |
Where the eye mixes difundan and difundió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. difundan (CVCVCCVC) and difundió (CVCVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between difundan and difundió
A purely visual mix-up. difundan ([d̪iˈfũn̪d̪ãn]) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47184, 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]. 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 47184, this pair ranks #121,472 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of difundan vs difundió
Shared letters: dfinu. Private to "difundan": a. Private to "difundió": ó.
"difundan" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "difundió" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- difundan ← ddifundan · dfiundan · diffundan · difnudan · difudnan · difunadn · difundann · difunddan
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "difundan" and "difundió" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "difundan" vs "difundió" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "difundan" and "difundió" 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 "difundió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #121,472 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "difundan" and "difundió" 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 #121,472 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.