Which to use
“envían” and “enviar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,812
- “envían” frequency rank
- #2,396
- “enviar” frequency rank
- 12208
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envían | enviar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de enviar. | Hacer que algo llegue a un destino o destinatario. :*Sinónimos: mandar, encomendar. |
Where the eye mixes envían and enviar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. envían and enviar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between envían and enviar
A purely visual mix-up. envían ([ẽmˈbiãn]) and enviar ([ẽmˈbjaɾ]) 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 12208, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
envían is recorded at frequency rank #9,812, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽmˈbiãn]. enviar is at rank #2,396, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽmˈbjaɾ].
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 12208, this pair ranks #292,356 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of envían vs enviar
Shared letters: aenv. Private to "envían": í. Private to "enviar": ir.
"envían" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "enviar" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enviar ← enbiar · enivar · ennviar · envair · enviarr · envira · envviar · evniar
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "envían" and "enviar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "envían" vs "enviar" - 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 "envían" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enviar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #292,356 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envían" and "enviar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encías vs envían". 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 #292,356 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.