vividasvsvivísWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: vividas is a participle, vivís is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vividas” is a participle and “vivís” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,597
“vividas” frequency rank
#28,198
“vivís” frequency rank
59795
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vividas vivís
Definition Forma del femenino plural de vivido, participio de vivir. Segunda persona del singular (vos) del presente de indicativo de vivir.

Where the eye mixes vividas and vivís

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vividas runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against vivís's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
vividas
5 ch
vivís

Look-alike desk: vividas vs vivís

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vividas is [biˈβ̞ið̞as] while vivís is [biˈβ̞is]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59795, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vividas is recorded at frequency rank #31,597, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [biˈβ̞ið̞as]. vivís is at rank #28,198, tagged as averb, pronounced [biˈβ̞is].

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 59795, this pair ranks #61,314 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vividas vs vivís

Shared letters: isv. Private to "vividas": ad. Private to "vivís": í.

"vividas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "vivís" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vividas ← bibidas · ivvidas · viivdas · vivdias · viviads · vividass · vividdas · vividsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vividas" and "vivís" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vividas" is a participle and "vivís" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "vividas" or "vivís" show up more?
"vivís" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,198 in our Spanish list, against #31,597 for "vividas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "vividas" and "vivís" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vividas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vivís" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #61,314 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vividas" and "vivís" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visos vs vivís". 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 #61,314 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