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“tuvieran” and “tuvieras” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,239
“tuvieran” frequency rank
#14,035
“tuvieras” frequency rank
21274
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tuvieran tuvieras
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de tener o de tenerse. Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de tener o de tenerse.

Where the eye mixes tuvieran and tuvieras

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. tuvieran and tuvieras follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
tuvieran
8 ch
tuvieras

Look-alike desk: tuvieran vs tuvieras

A purely visual mix-up. tuvieran ([t̪uˈβ̞jeɾãn]) and tuvieras ([t̪uˈβ̞jeɾas]) 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 “tuvieran” becomes s in “tuvieras”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21274, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tuvieran is recorded at frequency rank #7,239, classified as averb, pronounced [t̪uˈβ̞jeɾãn]. tuvieras is at rank #14,035, tagged as averb, pronounced [t̪uˈβ̞jeɾas].

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 21274, this pair ranks #255,640 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of tuvieran vs tuvieras

Shared letters: aeirtuv. Private to "tuvieran": n. Private to "tuvieras": s.

"tuvieran" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC  ·  "tuvieras" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tuvieran ← ttuvieran · tubieran · tuiveran · tuveiran · tuviearn · tuvierann · tuvierna · tuvierran
  • tuvieras ← ttuvieras · tubieras · tuiveras · tuveiras · tuviears · tuvierass · tuvierras · tuviersa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tuvieran" for "tuvieras" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([t̪uˈβ̞jeɾãn] versus [t̪uˈβ̞jeɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "tuvieran" vs "tuvieras" - which ranks higher?
"tuvieran" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,239 in our Spanish list, against #14,035 for "tuvieras". 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 "tuvieran" and "tuvieras" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tuvieran" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tuvieras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #255,640 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tuvieran" and "tuvieras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tuvieran vs tuviesen". 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 #255,640 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