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

#19,988
“difundida” frequency rank
#34,062
“difundidas” frequency rank
54050
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature difundida difundidas
Definition Forma del femenino de difundido, participio de difundir. Forma del femenino plural de difundido, participio de difundir.

Where the eye mixes difundida and difundidas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
difundida
10 ch
difundidas

Why the eye confuses difundida with difundidas

A purely visual mix-up. difundida ([d̪ifũn̪ˈd̪ið̞a]) and difundidas ([d̪ifũn̪ˈd̪ið̞as]) 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) - “difundida” sits inside “difundidas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54050, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

difundida is recorded at frequency rank #19,988, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪ifũn̪ˈd̪ið̞a]. difundidas is at rank #34,062, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪ifũn̪ˈd̪ið̞as].

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 54050, this pair ranks #85,009 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of difundida vs difundidas

Shared letters: adfinu. Private to "difundida": -. Private to "difundidas": s.

"difundida" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "difundidas" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • difundidaddifundida · dfiundida · diffundida · difnudida · difudnida · difunddia · difunddida · difundiad
  • difundidasddifundidas · dfiundidas · diffundidas · difnudidas · difudnidas · difunddias · difunddidas · difundiads

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "difundida" and "difundidas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪ifũn̪ˈd̪ið̞a] versus [d̪ifũn̪ˈd̪ið̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "difundida" vs "difundidas" - which ranks higher?
"difundida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,988 in our Spanish list, against #34,062 for "difundidas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "difundida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "difundidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #85,009 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "difundida" and "difundidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "difundidas vs difundidos". 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 #85,009 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