difundióvsdifundirConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#19,989
“difundió” frequency rank
#4,321
“difundir” frequency rank
24310
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature difundió difundir
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de difundir. Extender o hacer saber de modo público algún tipo de conocimiento o información.

Where the eye mixes difundió and difundir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. difundió (CVCVCCVV) and difundir (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
difundió
8 ch
difundir

Visual trap between difundió and difundir

A purely visual mix-up. difundió ([d̪ifũn̪ˈd̪jo]) and difundir ([d̪ifũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]) 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 - ó in “difundió” becomes r in “difundir”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24310, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

difundió is recorded at frequency rank #19,989, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪ifũn̪ˈd̪jo]. difundir is at rank #4,321, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪ifũn̪ˈd̪iɾ].

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 24310, this pair ranks #241,749 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of difundió vs difundir

Shared letters: dfinu. Private to "difundió": ó. Private to "difundir": r.

"difundió" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "difundir" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • difundir ← ddifundir · dfiundir · diffundir · difnudir · difudnir · difunddir · difundirr · difundri

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "difundió" for "difundir" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪ifũn̪ˈd̪jo] versus [d̪ifũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "difundió" vs "difundir" - which ranks higher?
"difundir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,321 in our Spanish list, against #19,989 for "difundió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "difundió" and "difundir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "difundió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "difundir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #241,749 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "difundió" and "difundir" 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 #241,749 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