Which to use
“difunde” and “difunden” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,071
- “difunde” frequency rank
- #26,408
- “difunden” frequency rank
- 41479
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | difunde | difunden |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de difundir. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de difundir. |
Where the eye mixes difunde and difunden
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. difunde runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against difunden's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between difunde and difunden
A purely visual mix-up. difunde ([d̪iˈfũn̪d̪e]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “difunde” sits inside “difunden”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41479, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
difunde is recorded at frequency rank #15,071, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪iˈfũn̪d̪e]. 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 41479, this pair ranks #153,407 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of difunde vs difunden
Shared letters: definu. Private to "difunde": -. Private to "difunden": -.
"difunde" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "difunden" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "difunde" and "difunden" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "difunde" or "difunden" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "difunde" 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 #153,407 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "difunde" and "difunden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "difunda vs difunden". 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 #153,407 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.