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Which to use

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

#7,026
“funda” frequency rank
#27,239
“funde” frequency rank
34265
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature funda funde
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de fundar. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de fundar.

Where the eye mixes funda and funde

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

5 ch
funda
5 ch
funde

Why the eye confuses funda with funde

A purely visual mix-up. funda ([ˈfũn̪d̪a]) and funde ([ˈfũn̪d̪e]) 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 - a in “funda” becomes e in “funde”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34265, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

funda is recorded at frequency rank #7,026, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈfũn̪d̪a]. funde is at rank #27,239, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈfũn̪d̪e].

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 34265, this pair ranks #192,378 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of funda vs funde

Shared letters: dfnu. Private to "funda": a. Private to "funde": e.

"funda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "funde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • funda ← ffunda · fnuda · fudna · funad · fundda · funnda · ufnda
  • funde ← ffunde · fnude · fudne · fundde · funed · funnde · ufnde

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "funda" and "funde" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈfũn̪d̪a] versus [ˈfũn̪d̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "funda" vs "funde" - which ranks higher?
"funda" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,026 in our Spanish list, against #27,239 for "funde". 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 "funda" and "funde" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "funda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "funde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #192,378 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "funda" and "funde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "funde vs fuste". 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 #192,378 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