vuelanvsvuelasWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#13,585
“vuelan” frequency rank
#46,881
“vuelas” frequency rank
60466
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vuelan vuelas
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de volar. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de volar.

Where the eye mixes vuelan and vuelas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. vuelan and vuelas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
vuelan
6 ch
vuelas

Visual trap between vuelan and vuelas

A purely visual mix-up. vuelan ([ˈbwelãn]) and vuelas ([ˈbwelas]) 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 “vuelan” becomes s in “vuelas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60466, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vuelan is recorded at frequency rank #13,585, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈbwelãn]. vuelas is at rank #46,881, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈbwelas].

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 60466, this pair ranks #58,857 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vuelan vs vuelas

Shared letters: aeluv. Private to "vuelan": n. Private to "vuelas": s.

"vuelan" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "vuelas" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vuelan ← buelan · uvelan · veulan · vuealn · vuelann · vuellan · vuelna · vulean
  • vuelas ← buelas · uvelas · veulas · vueals · vuelass · vuellas · vuelsa · vuleas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vuelan" for "vuelas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbwelãn] versus [ˈbwelas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "vuelan" vs "vuelas" - which ranks higher?
"vuelan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,585 in our Spanish list, against #46,881 for "vuelas". 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 "vuelan" and "vuelas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vuelan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vuelas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,857 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vuelan" and "vuelas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vuelas vs vueltos". 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 #58,857 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