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Which to use

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

#49,019
“fingida” frequency rank
#41,374
“fundida” frequency rank
90393
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fingida fundida
Definition Forma del femenino de fingido, participio de fingir. Forma del femenino de fundido, participio de fundir.

Where the eye mixes fingida and fundida

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fingida and fundida follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
fingida
7 ch
fundida

Look-alike desk: fingida vs fundida

A purely visual mix-up. fingida ([fĩŋˈxið̞a]) and fundida ([fũn̪ˈd̪ið̞a]) 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 90393, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fingida is recorded at frequency rank #49,019, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [fĩŋˈxið̞a]. fundida is at rank #41,374, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [fũn̪ˈd̪ið̞a].

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 90393, this pair ranks #2,534 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fingida vs fundida

Shared letters: adfin. Private to "fingida": g. Private to "fundida": u.

"fingida" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "fundida" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fingida ← ffingida · fignida · fingdia · finggida · fingiad · fingidda · finigda · finngida
  • fundida ← ffundida · fnudida · fudnida · funddia · funddida · fundiad · fundidda · funidda

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fingida" for "fundida" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([fĩŋˈxið̞a] versus [fũn̪ˈd̪ið̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "fingida" or "fundida"?
"fundida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,374 in our Spanish list, against #49,019 for "fingida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "fingida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fundida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,534 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fingida" and "fundida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fundida vs fundió". 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 #2,534 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