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Which to use

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

#34,131
“fundan” frequency rank
#29,665
“fundas” frequency rank
63796
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fundan fundas
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de fundar. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de fundar.

Where the eye mixes fundan and fundas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fundan and fundas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
fundan
6 ch
fundas

Visual trap between fundan and fundas

A purely visual mix-up. fundan ([ˈfũn̪d̪ãn]) and fundas ([ˈfũn̪d̪as]) 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 - n in “fundan” becomes s in “fundas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fundan is recorded at frequency rank #34,131, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈfũn̪d̪ãn]. 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 63796, this pair ranks #47,589 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fundan vs fundas

Shared letters: adfnu. Private to "fundan": -. Private to "fundas": s.

"fundan" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "fundas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fundan ← ffundan · fnudan · fudnan · funadn · fundann · funddan · fundna · funndan
  • fundas ← ffundas · fnudas · fudnas · funads · fundass · funddas · fundsa · funndas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fundan" for "fundas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈfũn̪d̪ãn] versus [ˈfũn̪d̪as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "fundan" vs "fundas" - which ranks higher?
"fundas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,665 in our Spanish list, against #34,131 for "fundan". 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 "fundan" and "fundas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fundan" 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 #47,589 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fundan" and "fundas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fundan 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 #47,589 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