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

#34,131
“fundan” frequency rank
#33,141
“funden” frequency rank
67272
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fundan funden
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de fundar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de fundar.

Where the eye mixes fundan and funden

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fundan and funden 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
funden

Look-alike desk: fundan vs funden

A purely visual mix-up. fundan ([ˈfũn̪d̪ãn]) and funden ([ˈfũn̪d̪ẽn]) 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 “fundan” becomes e in “funden”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67272, 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]. funden is at rank #33,141, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈfũn̪d̪ẽn].

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 67272, this pair ranks #37,585 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fundan vs funden

Shared letters: dfnu. Private to "fundan": a. Private to "funden": e.

"fundan" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "funden" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fundan ← ffundan · fnudan · fudnan · funadn · fundann · funddan · fundna · funndan
  • funden ← ffunden · fnuden · fudnen · fundden · fundenn · fundne · funedn · funnden

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fundan" and "funden" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈfũn̪d̪ãn] versus [ˈfũn̪d̪ẽn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "fundan" or "funden"?
"funden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,141 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 "funden" 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 "funden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,585 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fundan" and "funden" 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 #37,585 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