Which to use
“respondan” and “respondió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,709
- “respondan” frequency rank
- #3,147
- “respondió” frequency rank
- 18856
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | respondan | respondió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de responder. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de responder. |
Where the eye mixes respondan and respondió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. respondan (CVCCVCCVC) and respondió (CVCCVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between respondan and respondió
A purely visual mix-up. respondan ([resˈpõn̪d̪ãn]) and respondió ([respõn̪ˈd̪jo]) 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 18856, 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]. respondió is at rank #3,147, tagged as averb, pronounced [respõn̪ˈd̪jo].
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 18856, this pair ranks #266,191 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of respondan vs respondió
Shared letters: denoprs. Private to "respondan": a. Private to "respondió": ió.
"respondan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "respondió" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- respondan ← erspondan · repsondan · resopndan · respnodan · respodnan · responadn · respondann · responddan
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "respondan" and "respondió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "respondan" or "respondió" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "respondan" and "respondió" 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 "respondió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #266,191 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "respondan" and "respondió" 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 #266,191 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.