Which to use
“enviado” is a noun and “envían” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,657
- “enviado” frequency rank
- #9,812
- “envían” frequency rank
- 12469
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enviado | envían |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | El que va por mandado de otro con algún mensaje. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de enviar. |
Where the eye mixes enviado and envían
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. enviado runs 7 letters (VCCVVCV) against envían's 6 (VCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between enviado and envían
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enviado is [ẽmˈbjað̞o] while envían is [ẽmˈbiãn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12469, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enviado is recorded at frequency rank #2,657, classified as anoun, pronounced [ẽmˈbjað̞o]. envían is at rank #9,812, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽmˈbiãn].
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 12469, this pair ranks #291,445 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of enviado vs envían
Shared letters: aenv. Private to "enviado": dio. Private to "envían": í.
"enviado" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV · "envían" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enviado ← enbiado · enivado · ennviado · envaido · enviaddo · enviaod · envidao · envviado
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enviado" for "envían" ever safe?
Frequency check: "enviado" vs "envían" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "enviado" and "envían" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enviado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "envían" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #291,445 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enviado" and "envían" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enviado 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 #291,445 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.