niegasvsnieguesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#36,706
“niegas” frequency rank
#42,587
“niegues” frequency rank
79293
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature niegas niegues
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de negar o de negarse. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de negar o de negarse.

Where the eye mixes niegas and niegues

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. niegas runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against niegues's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
niegas
7 ch
niegues

Visual trap between niegas and niegues

A purely visual mix-up. niegas ([ˈnjeɣ̞as]) and niegues ([ˈnjeɣ̞es]) 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 79293, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

niegas is recorded at frequency rank #36,706, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈnjeɣ̞as]. niegues is at rank #42,587, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈnjeɣ̞es].

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 79293, this pair ranks #13,210 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of niegas vs niegues

Shared letters: egins. Private to "niegas": a. Private to "niegues": u.

"niegas" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "niegues" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • niegas ← inegas · neigas · nieags · niegass · nieggas · niegsa · nigeas · nniegas
  • niegues ← inegues · neigues · niegeus · nieggues · nieguess · nieguse · nieuges · nigeues

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "niegas" and "niegues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈnjeɣ̞as] versus [ˈnjeɣ̞es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "niegas" or "niegues" show up more?
"niegas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,706 in our Spanish list, against #42,587 for "niegues". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "niegas" and "niegues" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "niegas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "niegues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,210 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "niegas" and "niegues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "niegas vs nietas". 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 #13,210 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