oirá
[ojˈɾa]
The verdict
“oirá” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #49,173) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #49,173
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10,276
- “O” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de oír.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oirá |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ojˈɾa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #49,173 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oirá” sits in Spanish frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for oirá is neighbouring look-alikes ("or", "oro", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [ojˈɾa]. Frequency #49,173 among 10,276 “O” headwords. Gloss: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de oír.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for oirá, with forms such as "iorá", "oirrá", and "oiár". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "or", "oro", "ola", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is oirá, spelled O-I-R-Á.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de oír.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iorá
- oirrá
- oiár
- oriá
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oirá - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “oirá”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-I-R-Á - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ojˈɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “or” - see the side-by-side comparison. oirá vs or
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.