Which to use
“respondan” and “respondían” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,709
- “respondan” frequency rank
- #36,799
- “respondían” frequency rank
- 52508
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | respondan | respondían |
|---|---|---|
| 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 pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de responder. |
Where the eye mixes respondan and respondían
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. respondan runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVC) against respondían's 10 (CVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between respondan and respondían
A purely visual mix-up. respondan ([resˈpõn̪d̪ãn]) and respondían ([respõn̪ˈd̪iãn]) 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 52508, 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]. respondían is at rank #36,799, tagged as averb, pronounced [respõn̪ˈd̪iãn].
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 52508, this pair ranks #92,361 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of respondan vs respondían
Shared letters: adenoprs. Private to "respondan": -. Private to "respondían": í.
"respondan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "respondían" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- respondan ← erspondan · repsondan · resopndan · respnodan · respodnan · responadn · respondann · responddan
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "respondan" and "respondían" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "respondan" or "respondían"?
Useful next steps
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 "respondían" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,361 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "respondan" and "respondían" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "responderán vs respondían". 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 #92,361 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.