Which to use
“respondan” and “respondía” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,709
- “respondan” frequency rank
- #16,969
- “respondía” frequency rank
- 32678
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | respondan | respondía |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de responder. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de responder. |
Where the eye mixes respondan and respondía
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. respondan (CVCCVCCVC) and respondía (CVCCVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: respondan vs respondía
A purely visual mix-up. respondan ([resˈpõn̪d̪ãn]) and respondía ([respõn̪ˈd̪ia]) 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 32678, 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]. respondía is at rank #16,969, tagged as averb, pronounced [respõn̪ˈd̪ia].
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 32678, this pair ranks #200,748 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of respondan vs respondía
Shared letters: adenoprs. Private to "respondan": -. Private to "respondía": í.
"respondan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "respondía" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- respondan ← erspondan · repsondan · resopndan · respnodan · respodnan · responadn · respondann · responddan
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "respondan" and "respondía" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "respondan" vs "respondía" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "respondan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "respondía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #200,748 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "respondan" and "respondía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "respondía vs respondiera". 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 #200,748 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.