atrevanvsatrevíaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#42,278
“atrevan” frequency rank
#38,510
“atrevía” frequency rank
80788
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature atrevan atrevía
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de atrever o de atreverse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de atrever o de atreverse.

Where the eye mixes atrevan and atrevía

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

7 ch
atrevan
7 ch
atrevía

Visual trap between atrevan and atrevía

A purely visual mix-up. atrevan ([aˈt̪ɾeβ̞ãn]) and atrevía ([at̪ɾeˈβ̞ia]) 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 80788, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

atrevan is recorded at frequency rank #42,278, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈt̪ɾeβ̞ãn]. atrevía is at rank #38,510, tagged as averb, pronounced [at̪ɾeˈβ̞ia].

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 80788, this pair ranks #11,232 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of atrevan vs atrevía

Shared letters: aertv. Private to "atrevan": n. Private to "atrevía": í.

"atrevan" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "atrevía" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • atrevanartevan · atervan · atreavn · atreban · atrevann · atrevna · atrevvan · atrrevan

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "atrevan" and "atrevía" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([aˈt̪ɾeβ̞ãn] versus [at̪ɾeˈβ̞ia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "atrevan" or "atrevía"?
"atrevía" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,510 in our Spanish list, against #42,278 for "atrevan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "atrevan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "atrevía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #11,232 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "atrevan" and "atrevía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abreviar vs atrevía". 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 #11,232 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