Which to use
“requieren” and “requieres” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,251
- “requieren” frequency rank
- #46,182
- “requieres” frequency rank
- 51433
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | requieren | requieres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de requerir. | Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de requerir. |
Where the eye mixes requieren and requieres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. requieren and requieres follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: requieren vs requieres
A purely visual mix-up. requieren ([reˈkjeɾẽn]) and requieres ([reˈkjeɾes]) 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 - n in “requieren” becomes s in “requieres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51433, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
requieren is recorded at frequency rank #5,251, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈkjeɾẽn]. requieres is at rank #46,182, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈkjeɾes].
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 51433, this pair ranks #97,919 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of requieren vs requieres
Shared letters: eiqru. Private to "requieren": n. Private to "requieres": s.
"requieren" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVVCVC · "requieres" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "requieren" and "requieres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "requieren" or "requieres" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "requieren" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "requieres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,919 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "requieren" and "requieres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recuperes vs requieres". 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 #97,919 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.