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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rendir" and "reunir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "rendir" or "reunir" show up more?
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.