Which to use
“responden” and “respondes” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,728
- “responden” frequency rank
- #19,236
- “respondes” frequency rank
- 25964
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | responden | respondes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de responder. | Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de responder. |
Where the eye mixes responden and respondes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. responden and respondes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between responden and respondes
A purely visual mix-up. responden ([resˈpõn̪d̪ẽn]) and respondes ([resˈpõn̪d̪es]) 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 - n in “responden” becomes s in “respondes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25964, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
responden is recorded at frequency rank #6,728, classified as averb, pronounced [resˈpõn̪d̪ẽn]. respondes is at rank #19,236, tagged as averb, pronounced [resˈpõn̪d̪es].
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 25964, this pair ranks #233,979 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of responden vs respondes
Shared letters: denoprs. Private to "responden": -. Private to "respondes": -.
"responden" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "respondes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "responden" for "respondes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "responden" vs "respondes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "responden" and "respondes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "responden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "respondes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #233,979 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "responden" and "respondes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "responderé vs respondes". 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 #233,979 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.