fundadasvsfundidaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#20,050
“fundadas” frequency rank
#41,374
“fundida” frequency rank
61424
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fundadas fundida
Definition Forma del femenino plural de fundado, participio de fundar. Forma del femenino de fundido, participio de fundir.

Where the eye mixes fundadas and fundida

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. fundadas runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against fundida's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
fundadas
7 ch
fundida

Visual trap between fundadas and fundida

A purely visual mix-up. fundadas ([fũn̪ˈd̪að̞as]) and fundida ([fũn̪ˈd̪ið̞a]) 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 61424, 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]. fundida is at rank #41,374, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [fũn̪ˈd̪ið̞a].

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 61424, this pair ranks #55,525 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fundadas vs fundida

Shared letters: adfnu. Private to "fundadas": s. Private to "fundida": i.

"fundadas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "fundida" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fundadas ← ffundadas · fnudadas · fudnadas · funaddas · fundaads · fundadass · fundaddas · fundadsa
  • fundida ← ffundida · fnudida · fudnida · funddia · funddida · fundiad · fundidda · funidda

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fundadas" for "fundida" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([fũn̪ˈd̪að̞as] versus [fũn̪ˈd̪ið̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "fundadas" vs "fundida" - which ranks higher?
"fundadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,050 in our Spanish list, against #41,374 for "fundida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "fundadas" and "fundida" 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 "fundida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #55,525 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fundadas" and "fundida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fingida vs fundida". 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 #55,525 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