fundadasvsfundasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: fundadas is a participle, fundas is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fundadas” is a participle and “fundas” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,050
“fundadas” frequency rank
#29,665
“fundas” frequency rank
49715
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fundadas fundas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de fundado, participio de fundar. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de fundar.

Where the eye mixes fundadas and fundas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. fundadas runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against fundas's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
fundadas
6 ch
fundas

Visual trap between fundadas and fundas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fundadas is [fũn̪ˈd̪að̞as] while fundas is [ˈfũn̪d̪as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49715, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fundadas is recorded at frequency rank #20,050, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [fũn̪ˈd̪að̞as]. fundas is at rank #29,665, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈfũn̪d̪as].

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 49715, this pair ranks #107,236 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fundadas vs fundas

Shared letters: adfnsu. Private to "fundadas": -. Private to "fundas": -.

"fundadas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "fundas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fundadas ← ffundadas · fnudadas · fudnadas · funaddas · fundaads · fundadass · fundaddas · fundadsa
  • fundas ← ffundas · fnudas · fudnas · funads · fundass · funddas · fundsa · funndas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fundadas" for "fundas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fundadas" is a participle and "fundas" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "fundadas" or "fundas"?
"fundadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,050 in our Spanish list, against #29,665 for "fundas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "fundadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fundas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #107,236 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fundadas" and "fundas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fundas 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 #107,236 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