Which to use
“enviaban” and “enviaron” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,457
- “enviaban” frequency rank
- #7,993
- “enviaron” frequency rank
- 38450
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enviaban | enviaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de enviar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de enviar. |
Where the eye mixes enviaban and enviaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. enviaban and enviaron follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: enviaban vs enviaron
A purely visual mix-up. enviaban ([ẽmˈbjaβ̞ãn]) and enviaron ([ẽmˈbjaɾõn]) 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 38450, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enviaban is recorded at frequency rank #30,457, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽmˈbjaβ̞ãn]. enviaron is at rank #7,993, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽmˈbjaɾõn].
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 38450, this pair ranks #169,942 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enviaban vs enviaron
Shared letters: aeinv. Private to "enviaban": b. Private to "enviaron": or.
"enviaban" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC · "enviaron" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "enviaban" and "enviaron" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "enviaban" or "enviaron" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "enviaban" and "enviaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enviaban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enviaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #169,942 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enviaban" and "enviaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enviaban vs enviarán". 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 #169,942 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.