fundióvsfundoConfusable pair

Quick tell: fundió is a verb, fundo is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fundió” is a verb and “fundo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,820
“fundió” frequency rank
#26,057
“fundo” frequency rank
73877
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fundió fundo
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de fundir. Conjunto formado por el suelo de un terreno con todo lo que contiene y cuanto produce natural o artificialmente.

Where the eye mixes fundió and fundo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fundió runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against fundo's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
fundió
5 ch
fundo

Why the eye confuses fundió with fundo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fundió is [fũn̪ˈd̪jo] while fundo is [ˈfũn̪d̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73877, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fundió is recorded at frequency rank #47,820, classified as averb, pronounced [fũn̪ˈd̪jo]. fundo is at rank #26,057, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfũn̪d̪o].

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 73877, this pair ranks #22,409 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fundió vs fundo

Shared letters: dfnu. Private to "fundió": ió. Private to "fundo": o.

"fundió" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "fundo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fundo ← ffundo · fnudo · fudno · funddo · funndo · funod · ufndo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fundió" and "fundo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fundió" is a verb and "fundo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "fundió" or "fundo"?
"fundo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,057 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "fundió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fundo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,409 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fundió" and "fundo" 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 #22,409 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