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Which to use

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

#6,410
“fundado” frequency rank
#16,591
“fundido” frequency rank
23001
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fundado fundido
Definition Participio de fundar. Participio de fundir.

Where the eye mixes fundado and fundido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. fundado and fundido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
fundado
7 ch
fundido

Visual trap between fundado and fundido

A purely visual mix-up. fundado ([fũn̪ˈd̪að̞o]) and fundido ([fũn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]) 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 “fundado” becomes i in “fundido”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23001, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fundado is recorded at frequency rank #6,410, classified as averb, pronounced [fũn̪ˈd̪að̞o]. fundido is at rank #16,591, tagged as averb, pronounced [fũn̪ˈd̪ið̞o].

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 23001, this pair ranks #247,789 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of fundado vs fundido

Shared letters: dfnou. Private to "fundado": a. Private to "fundido": i.

"fundado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "fundido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fundado ← ffundado · fnudado · fudnado · funaddo · fundaddo · fundaod · funddado · funddao
  • fundido ← ffundido · fnudido · fudnido · funddido · funddio · fundiddo · fundiod · funiddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fundado" and "fundido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fũn̪ˈd̪að̞o] versus [fũn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "fundado" or "fundido"?
"fundado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,410 in our Spanish list, against #16,591 for "fundido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "fundado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fundido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #247,789 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fundado" and "fundido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fundido 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 #247,789 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