Which to use
“promover” and “promovía” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,899
- “promover” frequency rank
- #46,755
- “promovía” frequency rank
- 49654
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | promover | promovía |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Adelantar una cosa, procurando su logro. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de promover. |
Where the eye mixes promover and promovía
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: promover vs promovía
A purely visual mix-up. promover ([pɾomoˈβ̞eɾ]) and promovía ([pɾomoˈβ̞ia]) 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 49654, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
promover is recorded at frequency rank #2,899, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾomoˈβ̞eɾ]. promovía is at rank #46,755, tagged as averb, pronounced [pɾomoˈβ̞ia].
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 49654, this pair ranks #107,598 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of promover vs promovía
Shared letters: moprv. Private to "promover": e. Private to "promovía": aí.
"promover" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "promovía" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- promover ← pormover · ppromover · prmoover · prommover · promober · promoevr · promoverr · promovre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "promover" for "promovía" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "promover" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "promovía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,598 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "promover" and "promovía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "promoverá vs promovía". 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 #107,598 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.