Which to use
“difunde” and “difundió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,071
- “difunde” frequency rank
- #19,989
- “difundió” frequency rank
- 35060
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | difunde | difundió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo 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 difunde and difundió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. difunde 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.
Look-alike desk: difunde vs difundió
A purely visual mix-up. difunde ([d̪iˈfũn̪d̪e]) 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 35060, 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]. 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 35060, this pair ranks #188,075 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of difunde vs difundió
Shared letters: dfinu. Private to "difunde": e. Private to "difundió": ó.
"difunde" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "difundió" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- difunde ← ddifunde · dfiunde · diffunde · difnude · difudne · difundde · difuned · difunnde
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "difunde" and "difundió" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "difunde" vs "difundió" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "difunde" and "difundió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "difunde" 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 #188,075 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "difunde" and "difundió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "difunda vs difundió". 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 #188,075 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.