# Rival vs Rivas

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### Rival
*name · IPA [riˈβ̞al] · frequency rank #4,549*
Apellido.

### Rivas
*name · IPA [ˈriβ̞as] · frequency rank #9,035*
Apellido

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/rival-vs-rivas