fundadorvsfundadoresConfusable pair

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

#3,413
“fundador” frequency rank
#7,168
“fundadores” frequency rank
10581
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fundador fundadores
Definition Que funda. Forma del masculino plural de fundador.

Where the eye mixes fundador and fundadores

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. fundador runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against fundadores's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
fundador
10 ch
fundadores

Look-alike desk: fundador vs fundadores

A purely visual mix-up. fundador ([fũn̪d̪aˈð̞oɾ]) and fundadores ([fũn̪d̪aˈð̞oɾes]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “fundador” sits inside “fundadores”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10581, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fundador is recorded at frequency rank #3,413, classified as anadj, pronounced [fũn̪d̪aˈð̞oɾ]. fundadores is at rank #7,168, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fũn̪d̪aˈð̞oɾes].

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 10581, this pair ranks #298,110 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of fundador vs fundadores

Shared letters: adfnoru. Private to "fundador": -. Private to "fundadores": es.

"fundador" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "fundadores" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fundador ← ffundador · fnudador · fudnador · funaddor · fundaddor · fundadorr · fundadro · fundaodr
  • fundadores ← ffundadores · fnudadores · fudnadores · funaddores · fundaddores · fundadoers · fundadoress · fundadorres

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fundador" and "fundadores" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fũn̪d̪aˈð̞oɾ] versus [fũn̪d̪aˈð̞oɾes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "fundador" vs "fundadores" - which ranks higher?
"fundador" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,413 in our Spanish list, against #7,168 for "fundadores". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fundador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fundadores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #298,110 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fundador" and "fundadores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fundadoras vs fundadores". 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 #298,110 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