# Rivera

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #16,331

## Definitions
1. A surname from Spanish.
2. A small town and former municipality in Lugano district, Ticino canton, Switzerland.

## Etymology
From Spanish Rivera.

## Easily confused with
- **rover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rivera-vs-rover)
- **rivet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rivera-vs-rivet)
- **rivers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rivera-vs-rivers)
- **riviera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rivera-vs-riviera)
- **Riva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riva-vs-rivera)
- **river** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/river-vs-rivera)
- **rider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rider-vs-rivera)
- **riser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riser-vs-rivera)
- **riven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riven-vs-rivera)
- **revert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revert-vs-rivera)
- **revere** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revere-vs-rivera)
- **reverb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reverb-vs-rivera)

## Common misspellings (8)
`irvera`, `rievra`, `rivear`, `riverra`, `rivrea`, `rivvera`, `rrivera`, `rviera`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rivera