inmundavsinundanWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: inmunda is a adjective, inundan is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“inmunda” is an adjective and “inundan” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,430
“inmunda” frequency rank
#35,572
“inundan” frequency rank
77002
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature inmunda inundan
Definition Forma del femenino de inmundo. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de inundar.

Where the eye mixes inmunda and inundan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. inmunda (VCCVCCV) and inundan (VCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
inmunda
7 ch
inundan

Visual trap between inmunda and inundan

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: inmunda is [ĩmˈmũn̪d̪a] while inundan is [iˈnũn̪d̪ãn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77002, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

inmunda is recorded at frequency rank #41,430, classified as anadj, pronounced [ĩmˈmũn̪d̪a]. inundan is at rank #35,572, tagged as averb, pronounced [iˈnũn̪d̪ãn].

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 77002, this pair ranks #16,762 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of inmunda vs inundan

Shared letters: adinu. Private to "inmunda": m. Private to "inundan": -.

"inmunda" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "inundan" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • inmunda ← imnunda · inmmunda · inmnuda · inmudna · inmunad · inmundda · inmunnda · innmunda
  • inundan ← innudan · innundan · inudnan · inunadn · inundann · inunddan · inundna · inunndan

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "inmunda" and "inundan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "inmunda" is an adjective and "inundan" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "inmunda" or "inundan" show up more?
"inundan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,572 in our Spanish list, against #41,430 for "inmunda". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "inmunda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "inundan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,762 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "inmunda" and "inundan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inundan vs inundando". 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 #16,762 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