Which to use
“envía” and “enviada” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,420
- “envía” frequency rank
- #9,811
- “enviada” frequency rank
- 14231
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envía | enviada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Envidia. | Acción o efecto de enviar. |
Where the eye mixes envía and enviada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between envía and enviada
A purely visual mix-up. envía ([ẽmˈbia]) and enviada ([ẽmˈbjað̞a]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14231, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
envía is recorded at frequency rank #4,420, classified as anoun, pronounced [ẽmˈbia]. enviada is at rank #9,811, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ẽmˈbjað̞a].
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 14231, this pair ranks #284,938 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of envía vs enviada
Shared letters: aenv. Private to "envía": í. Private to "enviada": di.
"envía" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "enviada" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- enviada ← enbiada · enivada · ennviada · envaida · enviaad · enviadda · envidaa · envviada
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "envía" for "enviada" ever safe?
Frequency check: "envía" vs "enviada" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "envía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enviada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #284,938 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envía" and "enviada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enviada vs envigado". 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 #284,938 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.