abriríavsabrirlaWhat's the difference?

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

#30,726
“abriría” frequency rank
#31,175
“abrirla” frequency rank
61901
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature abriría abrirla
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del condicional de abrir o de abrirse. .Verbo en tercera persona del singular del pretérito perfecto simple del indicativo del verbo abrir.Hecho por pere henares

Where the eye mixes abriría and abrirla

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. abriría (VCCVCVV) and abrirla (VCCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
abriría
7 ch
abrirla

Look-alike desk: abriría vs abrirla

A purely visual mix-up. abriría ([aβ̞ɾiˈɾia]) and abrirla ([aˈβ̞ɾiɾla]) 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 - í in “abriría” becomes l in “abrirla”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

abriría is recorded at frequency rank #30,726, classified as averb, pronounced [aβ̞ɾiˈɾia]. abrirla is at rank #31,175, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈβ̞ɾiɾla].

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 61901, this pair ranks #53,889 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of abriría vs abrirla

Shared letters: abir. Private to "abriría": í. Private to "abrirla": l.

"abriría" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "abrirla" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • abrirlaabbrirla · abirrla · abrilra · abriral · abrirlla · abrirrla · abrrila · abrrirla

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "abriría" and "abrirla" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([aβ̞ɾiˈɾia] versus [aˈβ̞ɾiɾla]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "abriría" vs "abrirla" - which ranks higher?
"abriría" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,726 in our Spanish list, against #31,175 for "abrirla". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "abriría" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "abrirla" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,889 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "abriría" and "abrirla" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abrirla vs Arriola". 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 #53,889 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