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How easy is English for Spanish speakers?

Going from Spanish to English (English) has a composite linguistic distance of 56% (curated lexical data). Below is the dimension-by-dimension breakdown.

56% distance FSI Cat I (Easiest) — 600–750 hours
Lexical similarity
18%

Shared vocabulary, cognates, and loanwords.

Grammatical distance
77%

Morphology, syntax, word order, cases.

Phonological similarity
0%

Shared sounds and phoneme inventory.

Writing-system match
100%

Latin → Latin

Genealogical kinship
40%

Indo-European ↔ Indo-European

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Sample sentences side-by-side

How everyday sentences look in both languages:

🇪🇸 Spanish
The central hospital has a modern laboratory and excellent doctors.
🇬🇧 English
El hospital central tiene un laboratorio moderno y doctores excelentes.
🇪🇸 Spanish
Music, art, and literature are fundamental to human culture.
🇬🇧 English
La música, el arte y la literatura son fundamentales para la cultura humana.

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