Which to use
“fugado” and “fundado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,137
- “fugado” frequency rank
- #6,410
- “fundado” frequency rank
- 44547
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fugado | fundado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de fugar o de fugarse. | Participio de fundar. |
Where the eye mixes fugado and fundado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fugado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against fundado's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between fugado and fundado
A purely visual mix-up. fugado ([fuˈɣ̞að̞o]) and fundado ([fũn̪ˈd̪að̞o]) 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 44547, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fugado is recorded at frequency rank #38,137, classified as averb, pronounced [fuˈɣ̞að̞o]. fundado is at rank #6,410, tagged as averb, pronounced [fũn̪ˈd̪að̞o].
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 44547, this pair ranks #136,447 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fugado vs fundado
Shared letters: adfou. Private to "fugado": g. Private to "fundado": n.
"fugado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "fundado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fugado" and "fundado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fugado" vs "fundado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "fugado" and "fundado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fugado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fundado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #136,447 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fugado" and "fundado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "finado vs fugado". 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 #136,447 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.