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“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.

8 ch
requiera
8 ch
requiere

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

  • requiera ← erquiera · reqiuera · reqquiera · requeira · requiear · requierra · requirea · reuqiera
  • requiere ← erquiere · reqiuere · reqquiere · requeire · requieer · requierre · requiree · reuqiere

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "requiera" and "requiere" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reˈkjeɾa] versus [reˈkjeɾe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "requiera" or "requiere" show up more?
"requiere" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,047 in our Spanish list, against #15,707 for "requiera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list