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

#36,052
“fingió” frequency rank
#47,820
“fundió” frequency rank
83872
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fingió fundió
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de fingir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de fundir.

Where the eye mixes fingió and fundió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fingió and fundió follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
fingió
6 ch
fundió

Visual trap between fingió and fundió

A purely visual mix-up. fingió ([fĩŋˈxjo]) and fundió ([fũn̪ˈd̪jo]) 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 83872, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fingió is recorded at frequency rank #36,052, classified as averb, pronounced [fĩŋˈxjo]. fundió is at rank #47,820, tagged as averb, pronounced [fũn̪ˈd̪jo].

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 83872, this pair ranks #7,640 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fingió vs fundió

Shared letters: finó. Private to "fingió": g. Private to "fundió": du.

"fingió" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "fundió" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fingió" and "fundió" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([fĩŋˈxjo] versus [fũn̪ˈd̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "fingió" or "fundió"?
"fingió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,052 in our Spanish list, against #47,820 for "fundió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fingió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fundió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,640 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fingió" and "fundió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fundida vs fundió". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #7,640 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