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“resume” and “reúne” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,531
“resume” frequency rank
#5,886
“reúne” frequency rank
15417
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature resume reúne
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de resumir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reunir.

Where the eye mixes resume and reúne

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. resume runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against reúne's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
resume
5 ch
reúne

Why the eye confuses resume with reúne

A purely visual mix-up. resume ([reˈsume]) and reúne ([reˈune]) 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 15417, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

resume is recorded at frequency rank #9,531, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈsume]. reúne is at rank #5,886, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈune].

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 15417, this pair ranks #280,241 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of resume vs reúne

Shared letters: er. Private to "resume": msu. Private to "reúne": nú.

"resume" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "reúne" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • resume ← ersume · resmue · ressume · resuem · resumme · reusme · rresume · rseume

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "resume" for "reúne" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([reˈsume] versus [reˈune]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "resume" or "reúne"?
"reúne" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,886 in our Spanish list, against #9,531 for "resume". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "resume" and "reúne" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "resume" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reúne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #280,241 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "resume" and "reúne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "resume vs resumo". 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 #280,241 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list