Which to use
“requiera” and “requiere” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,707
- “requiera” frequency rank
- #2,047
- “requiere” frequency rank
- 17754
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | requiera | requiere |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de requerir. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de requerir. |
Where the eye mixes requiera and requiere
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. requiera and requiere follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: requiera vs requiere
A purely visual mix-up. requiera ([reˈkjeɾa]) and requiere ([reˈkjeɾe]) 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 a single letter - a in “requiera” becomes e in “requiere”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17754, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
requiera is recorded at frequency rank #15,707, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈkjeɾa]. requiere is at rank #2,047, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈkjeɾe].
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 17754, this pair ranks #270,841 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of requiera vs requiere
Shared letters: eiqru. Private to "requiera": a. Private to "requiere": -.
"requiera" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVVCV · "requiere" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "requiera" and "requiere" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "requiera" or "requiere" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "requiera" and "requiere" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "requiera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "requiere" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #270,841 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "requiera" and "requiere" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "requiera vs reuniera". 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 #270,841 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.