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.
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?
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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.