Which to use
“través” and “travesía” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #309
- “través” frequency rank
- #11,689
- “travesía” frequency rank
- 11998
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | través | travesía |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Torcimiento de una cosa hacia algún lado. | El espacio que media de un paraje a otro. |
Where the eye mixes través and travesía
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. través runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against travesía's 8 (CCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between través and travesía
A purely visual mix-up. través ([t̪ɾaˈβ̞es]) and travesía ([t̪ɾaβ̞eˈsia]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11998, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
través is recorded at frequency rank #309, classified as anoun, pronounced [t̪ɾaˈβ̞es]. travesía is at rank #11,689, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t̪ɾaβ̞eˈsia].
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 11998, this pair ranks #293,110 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of través vs travesía
Shared letters: arstv. Private to "través": é. Private to "travesía": eí.
"través" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "travesía" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "través" and "travesía" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "través" or "travesía" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "través" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "travesía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #293,110 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "través" and "travesía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "travesía vs travesías". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #293,110 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.