fugadovsfundadoTell them apart

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.

6 ch
fugado
7 ch
fundado

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

  • fugado ← ffugado · fguado · fuagdo · fugaddo · fugaod · fugdao · fuggado · ufgado
  • fundado ← ffundado · fnudado · fudnado · funaddo · fundaddo · fundaod · funddado · funddao

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fugado" and "fundado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fuˈɣ̞að̞o] versus [fũn̪ˈd̪að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "fugado" vs "fundado" - which ranks higher?
"fundado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,410 in our Spanish list, against #38,137 for "fugado". 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 "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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list