rendirvsreunirWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#6,354
“rendir” frequency rank
#5,557
“reunir” frequency rank
11911
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rendir reunir
Definition Dicho de un estudiante: someterse a examen. Unir otra vez lo que antes estaba unido y se había separado.

Where the eye mixes rendir and reunir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
rendir
6 ch
reunir

Why the eye confuses rendir with reunir

A purely visual mix-up. rendir ([rẽn̪ˈd̪iɾ]) and reunir ([rewˈniɾ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11911, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rendir is recorded at frequency rank #6,354, classified as averb, pronounced [rẽn̪ˈd̪iɾ]. reunir is at rank #5,557, tagged as averb, pronounced [rewˈniɾ].

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 11911, this pair ranks #293,419 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rendir vs reunir

Shared letters: einr. Private to "rendir": d. Private to "reunir": u.

"rendir" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "reunir" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rendirerndir · rednir · renddir · rendirr · rendri · renidr · renndir · rnedir
  • reunirerunir · renuir · reuinr · reunirr · reunnir · reunri · rreunir · ruenir

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rendir" and "reunir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([rẽn̪ˈd̪iɾ] versus [rewˈniɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "rendir" or "reunir" show up more?
"reunir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,557 in our Spanish list, against #6,354 for "rendir". 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 "rendir" and "reunir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rendir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reunir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #293,419 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rendir" and "reunir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reunir vs rugir". 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 #293,419 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