While there are undeniable differences between Spanish and English, both also have significant similarities in grammar and core vocabulary than one would expect, making learning Spanish significantly easier for an English native speaker. For starters, academically it has been proven that English (officially classified as a Germanic language) has far more similarities in terms of its core vocabulary with words of Romance origin (Spanish among them) than those of Germanic origin.  Also, some significant grammatical similarities between the two languages include sharing the Latin alphabet and following the same basic sentence structure (subject+verb+object).