Which to use
“respondan” and “responden” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,709
- “respondan” frequency rank
- #6,728
- “responden” frequency rank
- 22437
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | respondan | responden |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de responder. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de responder. |
Where the eye mixes respondan and responden
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. respondan and responden follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: respondan vs responden
A purely visual mix-up. respondan ([resˈpõn̪d̪ãn]) and responden ([resˈpõn̪d̪ẽn]) 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 - a in “respondan” becomes e in “responden”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22437, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
respondan is recorded at frequency rank #15,709, classified as averb, pronounced [resˈpõn̪d̪ãn]. responden is at rank #6,728, tagged as averb, pronounced [resˈpõn̪d̪ẽn].
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 22437, this pair ranks #250,340 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of respondan vs responden
Shared letters: denoprs. Private to "respondan": a. Private to "responden": -.
"respondan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "responden" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "respondan" and "responden" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "respondan" vs "responden" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "respondan" and "responden" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "respondan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "responden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #250,340 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "respondan" and "responden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "respondan vs responderán". 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 #250,340 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.