Which to use
“travesía” and “travesura” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,689
- “travesía” frequency rank
- #35,291
- “travesura” frequency rank
- 46980
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travesía | travesura |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | El espacio que media de un paraje a otro. | Acción o conducta de naturaleza maliciosa, ingeniosa y exploratoria de poca trascendencia, en especial las realizadas o manifestadas por niños. |
Where the eye mixes travesía and travesura
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. travesía runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVV) against travesura's 9 (CCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between travesía and travesura
A purely visual mix-up. travesía ([t̪ɾaβ̞eˈsia]) and travesura ([t̪ɾaβ̞eˈsuɾa]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46980, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
travesía is recorded at frequency rank #11,689, classified as anoun, pronounced [t̪ɾaβ̞eˈsia]. travesura is at rank #35,291, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t̪ɾaβ̞eˈsuɾa].
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 46980, this pair ranks #122,663 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of travesía vs travesura
Shared letters: aerstv. Private to "travesía": í. Private to "travesura": u.
"travesía" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV · "travesura" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- travesura ← rtavesura · tarvesura · trabesura · traevsura · travesrua · travessura · travesuar · travesurra
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "travesía" and "travesura" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "travesía" or "travesura"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "travesía" and "travesura" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "travesía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "travesura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #122,663 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travesía" and "travesura" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "travesura vs travesuras". 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 #122,663 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.