Confusing Letters when Spelling out Words in Spanish

Spelling Out Words in Spanish

​Part 2: Letters that are often confused

by Traudy Figueroa

Let's see how much you remember from last class on vowels...​

Multiple Choice

What vowels do you hear?

• UOEAI

• AOEUI

• OUEAI

Multiple Choice

What vowels do you hear?

• UIEAI

• AOEUI

• UAOUI

Multiple Choice

What vowels do you hear?

• OAUEI

• OIAUE

• UAOUE

Now, let's continue....​

These two letters are often confusing since they sound exactly the same in Spanish​

To avoid confusion we call B as "be larga" (tall B) and V as "ve corta" (short V)​

A practicar....

​Let's practice...​

Multiple Choice

What letter do you hear?

• VVV

• BVV

• BBB

Multiple Choice

What letters do you hear?

• BVB

• VBV

• BBV

Multiple Choice

What letters do you hear?

• BVB

• VVB

• VBV

These three letters are often confusing too since they are similar in Spanish​

​ce

​ese

​zeta

A practicar....

​Let's practice...​

Multiple Choice

What letters do you hear?

• SCZ

• CSZ

• ZCS

Multiple Choice

What letters do you hear?

• CCS

• SCZ

• ZCS

Multiple Choice

What letters do you hear?

• ZCS

• CZS

• SZC

These three letters are confusing too since they sound very similar in Spanish​

​ge

​jota

​hache

A practicar....

​Let's practice...​

Multiple Choice

What letters do you hear?

• GHH

• JHG

• HJG

Multiple Choice

What letters do you hear?

• HGJ

• JHG

• HJG

Multiple Choice

What letters do you hear?

• JGJ

• JGH

• HJG

These two letters have hard names

​equis

​y griega

A practicar....

​Let's practice...​

Multiple Choice

What letters do you hear?

• YYX

• XXY

• XYX

Multiple Choice

What letters do you hear?

• YXY

• XXY

• XYX

Multiple Choice

What letters do you hear?

• YXY

• XYY

• XXY

We do not have this letter in the English alphabet....

​eñe

Poll

This is it for today. How do you feel about the alphabet now?

• Super. I am making good progress. I know the name of each letter of the Spanish alphabet.

• I need to review this lesson. Some letters are still very confusing to me.

• I feel pretty lost. I do not know most of the letters of the Spanish alphabet.

• I am lost. I feel like we have not had a single lesson on the alphabet so far. I know nothing.