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

#16,874
“hundió” frequency rank
#19,133
“hundir” frequency rank
36007
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hundió hundir
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de hundir o de hundirse. Sumergir, meter en lo hondo.

Where the eye mixes hundió and hundir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. hundió (CVCCVV) and hundir (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
hundió
6 ch
hundir

Why the eye confuses hundió with hundir

A purely visual mix-up. hundió ([ũn̪ˈd̪jo]) and hundir ([ũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]) 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 a single letter - ó in “hundió” becomes r in “hundir”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36007, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hundió is recorded at frequency rank #16,874, classified as averb, pronounced [ũn̪ˈd̪jo]. hundir is at rank #19,133, tagged as averb, pronounced [ũn̪ˈd̪iɾ].

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 36007, this pair ranks #182,971 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hundió vs hundir

Shared letters: dhinu. Private to "hundió": ó. Private to "hundir": r.

"hundió" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "hundir" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hundir ← hhundir · hnudir · hudnir · hunddir · hundirr · hundri · hunidr · hunndir

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hundió" and "hundir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ũn̪ˈd̪jo] versus [ũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "hundió" or "hundir"?
"hundió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,874 in our Spanish list, against #19,133 for "hundir". 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 "hundió" and "hundir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hundió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hundir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #182,971 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hundió" and "hundir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hunda vs hundir". 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 #182,971 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