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Which to use

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

#33,141
“funden” frequency rank
#29,224
“fundir” frequency rank
62365
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature funden fundir
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de fundar. Hacer pasar a estado líquido un elemento que se encuentra naturalmente en estado sólido, mediante una aplicación de energía extraordinaria.

Where the eye mixes funden and fundir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. funden and fundir follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
funden
6 ch
fundir

Why the eye confuses funden with fundir

A purely visual mix-up. funden ([ˈfũn̪d̪ẽn]) and fundir ([fũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]) 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 62365, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

funden is recorded at frequency rank #33,141, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈfũn̪d̪ẽn]. fundir is at rank #29,224, tagged as averb, pronounced [fũn̪ˈd̪iɾ].

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 62365, this pair ranks #52,278 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of funden vs fundir

Shared letters: dfnu. Private to "funden": e. Private to "fundir": ir.

"funden" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "fundir" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • funden ← ffunden · fnuden · fudnen · fundden · fundenn · fundne · funedn · funnden
  • fundir ← ffundir · fnudir · fudnir · funddir · fundirr · fundri · funidr · funndir

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "funden" for "fundir" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈfũn̪d̪ẽn] versus [fũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "funden" or "fundir" show up more?
"fundir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,224 in our Spanish list, against #33,141 for "funden". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "funden" and "fundir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "funden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fundir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #52,278 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "funden" and "fundir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "funden 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 #52,278 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