hundevshundióConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#15,120
“hunde” frequency rank
#16,874
“hundió” frequency rank
31994
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hunde hundió
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de hundir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de hundir o de hundirse.

Where the eye mixes hunde and hundió

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

5 ch
hunde
6 ch
hundió

Look-alike desk: hunde vs hundió

A purely visual mix-up. hunde ([ˈũn̪d̪e]) and hundió ([ũn̪ˈd̪jo]) 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 31994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hunde is recorded at frequency rank #15,120, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈũn̪d̪e]. hundió is at rank #16,874, tagged as averb, pronounced [ũn̪ˈd̪jo].

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 31994, this pair ranks #204,280 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hunde vs hundió

Shared letters: dhnu. Private to "hunde": e. Private to "hundió": ió.

"hunde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "hundió" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hunde ← hhunde · hnude · hudne · hundde · huned · hunnde · uhnde

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hunde" and "hundió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈũn̪d̪e] versus [ũn̪ˈd̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "hunde" vs "hundió" - which ranks higher?
"hunde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,120 in our Spanish list, against #16,874 for "hundió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hunde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hundió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #204,280 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hunde" and "hundió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hue vs hunde". 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 #204,280 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