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Which to use

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

#18,528
“envase” frequency rank
#48,379
“envés” frequency rank
66907
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature envase envés
Definition Recipiente o vaso en el que se conservan y transportan cosas. Cara más basta de una tela u otro material en lámina.

Where the eye mixes envase and envés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
envase
5 ch
envés

Look-alike desk: envase vs envés

A purely visual mix-up. envase ([ẽmˈbase]) and envés ([ẽmˈbes]) 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 66907, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

envase is recorded at frequency rank #18,528, classified as anoun, pronounced [ẽmˈbase]. envés is at rank #48,379, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ẽmˈbes].

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 66907, this pair ranks #38,541 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of envase vs envés

Shared letters: ensv. Private to "envase": a. Private to "envés": é.

"envase" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "envés" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • envaseenavse · enbase · ennvase · envace · envaes · envsae · envvase · evnase

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "envase" for "envés" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ẽmˈbase] versus [ẽmˈbes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "envase" or "envés" show up more?
"envase" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,528 in our Spanish list, against #48,379 for "envés". 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 "envase" and "envés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "envase" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "envés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #38,541 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "envase" and "envés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envés vs eses". 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 #38,541 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