hundidavshundidosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#37,139
“hundida” frequency rank
#32,698
“hundidos” frequency rank
69837
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hundida hundidos
Definition Forma del femenino de hundido, participio de hundir o de hundirse. Forma del plural de hundido, participio de hundir o de hundirse.

Where the eye mixes hundida and hundidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. hundida runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against hundidos's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
hundida
8 ch
hundidos

Visual trap between hundida and hundidos

A purely visual mix-up. hundida ([ũn̪ˈd̪ið̞a]) and hundidos ([ũn̪ˈd̪ið̞os]) 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 69837, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hundida is recorded at frequency rank #37,139, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ũn̪ˈd̪ið̞a]. hundidos is at rank #32,698, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ũn̪ˈd̪ið̞os].

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 69837, this pair ranks #31,107 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hundida vs hundidos

Shared letters: dhinu. Private to "hundida": a. Private to "hundidos": os.

"hundida" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "hundidos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hundida ← hhundida · hnudida · hudnida · hunddia · hunddida · hundiad · hundidda · hunidda
  • hundidos ← hhundidos · hnudidos · hudnidos · hunddidos · hunddios · hundiddos · hundidoss · hundidso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hundida" and "hundidos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ũn̪ˈd̪ið̞a] versus [ũn̪ˈd̪ið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "hundida" or "hundidos" show up more?
"hundidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,698 in our Spanish list, against #37,139 for "hundida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "hundida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hundidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,107 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hundida" and "hundidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hunda vs hundida". 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 #31,107 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