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

#16,591
“fundido” frequency rank
#47,820
“fundió” frequency rank
64411
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fundido fundió
Definition Participio de fundir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de fundir.

Where the eye mixes fundido and fundió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fundido runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against fundió's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
fundido
6 ch
fundió

Visual trap between fundido and fundió

A purely visual mix-up. fundido ([fũn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64411, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fundido is recorded at frequency rank #16,591, classified as averb, pronounced [fũn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]. 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 64411, this pair ranks #45,688 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fundido vs fundió

Shared letters: dfinu. Private to "fundido": o. Private to "fundió": ó.

"fundido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "fundió" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fundido ← ffundido · fnudido · fudnido · funddido · funddio · fundiddo · fundiod · funiddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fundido" and "fundió" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([fũn̪ˈd̪ið̞o] versus [fũn̪ˈd̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "fundido" or "fundió"?
"fundido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,591 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "fundido" 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 #45,688 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fundido" 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 #45,688 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