hundidovshundióConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#14,616
“hundido” frequency rank
#16,874
“hundió” frequency rank
31490
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hundido hundió
Definition Participio de hundir o de hundirse. 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 hundido and hundió

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

7 ch
hundido
6 ch
hundió

Visual trap between hundido and hundió

A purely visual mix-up. hundido ([ũn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]) 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 31490, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hundido is recorded at frequency rank #14,616, classified as averb, pronounced [ũn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]. 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 31490, this pair ranks #206,820 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hundido vs hundió

Shared letters: dhinu. Private to "hundido": o. Private to "hundió": ó.

"hundido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "hundió" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hundido ← hhundido · hnudido · hudnido · hunddido · hunddio · hundiddo · hundiod · huniddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hundido" for "hundió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ũn̪ˈd̪ið̞o] versus [ũn̪ˈd̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "hundido" or "hundió" show up more?
"hundido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,616 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "hundido" 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 #206,820 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hundido" and "hundió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hunda vs hundió". 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 #206,820 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