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Which to use

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

#34,131
“fundan” frequency rank
#47,820
“fundió” frequency rank
81951
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fundan fundió
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de fundar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de fundir.

Where the eye mixes fundan and fundió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fundan (CVCCVC) and fundió (CVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
fundan
6 ch
fundió

Visual trap between fundan and fundió

A purely visual mix-up. fundan ([ˈfũn̪d̪ãn]) and fundió ([fũn̪ˈd̪jo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81951, 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]. fundió is at rank #47,820, tagged as averb, pronounced [fũn̪ˈd̪jo].

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 81951, this pair ranks #9,788 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fundan vs fundió

Shared letters: dfnu. Private to "fundan": a. Private to "fundió": ió.

"fundan" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "fundió" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fundan ← ffundan · fnudan · fudnan · funadn · fundann · funddan · fundna · funndan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fundan" for "fundió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈfũn̪d̪ãn] versus [fũn̪ˈd̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "fundan" vs "fundió" - which ranks higher?
"fundan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,131 in our Spanish list, against #47,820 for "fundió". 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 "fundió" 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 "fundió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,788 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fundan" and "fundió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fundida 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 #9,788 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