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

#4,105
“profundamente” frequency rank
#36,230
“profusamente” frequency rank
40335
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature profundamente profusamente
Definition De forma profunda, con profundidad. Con excesiva abundancia, con profusión.

Where the eye mixes profundamente and profusamente

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. profundamente runs 13 letters (CCVCVCCVCVCCV) against profusamente's 12 (CCVCVCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

13 ch
profundamente
12 ch
profusamente

Why the eye confuses profundamente with profusamente

A purely visual mix-up. profundamente ([pɾoˌfũn̪d̪aˈmẽn̪t̪e]) and profusamente ([pɾoˌfusaˈmẽn̪t̪e]) 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 40335, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

profundamente is recorded at frequency rank #4,105, classified as anadv, pronounced [pɾoˌfũn̪d̪aˈmẽn̪t̪e]. profusamente is at rank #36,230, tagged as anadv, pronounced [pɾoˌfusaˈmẽn̪t̪e].

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 40335, this pair ranks #159,677 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of profundamente vs profusamente

Shared letters: aefmnoprtu. Private to "profundamente": d. Private to "profusamente": s.

"profundamente" · 13 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCVCCV  ·  "profusamente" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • profundamente ← porfundamente · pprofundamente · prfoundamente · proffundamente · profnudamente · profudnamente · profunadmente · profundaemnte
  • profusamente ← porfusamente · pprofusamente · prfousamente · proffusamente · profsuamente · profuasmente · profusaemnte · profusamenet

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "profundamente" and "profusamente" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([pɾoˌfũn̪d̪aˈmẽn̪t̪e] versus [pɾoˌfusaˈmẽn̪t̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "profundamente" or "profusamente" show up more?
"profundamente" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,105 in our Spanish list, against #36,230 for "profusamente". 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 "profundamente" and "profusamente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "profundamente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "profusamente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #159,677 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #159,677 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