abriránvsabrirlaWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#26,680
“abrirán” frequency rank
#31,175
“abrirla” frequency rank
57855
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature abrirán abrirla
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de abrir o de abrirse. .Verbo en tercera persona del singular del pretérito perfecto simple del indicativo del verbo abrir.Hecho por pere henares

Where the eye mixes abrirán and abrirla

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. abrirán (VCCVCVC) and abrirla (VCCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
abrirán
7 ch
abrirla

Look-alike desk: abrirán vs abrirla

A purely visual mix-up. abrirán ([aβ̞ɾiˈɾãn]) and abrirla ([aˈβ̞ɾiɾla]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57855, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

abrirán is recorded at frequency rank #26,680, classified as averb, pronounced [aβ̞ɾiˈɾãn]. abrirla is at rank #31,175, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈβ̞ɾiɾla].

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 57855, this pair ranks #68,805 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of abrirán vs abrirla

Shared letters: abir. Private to "abrirán": . Private to "abrirla": l.

"abrirán" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "abrirla" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • abrirlaabbrirla · abirrla · abrilra · abriral · abrirlla · abrirrla · abrrila · abrrirla

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "abrirán" and "abrirla" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([aβ̞ɾiˈɾãn] versus [aˈβ̞ɾiɾla]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "abrirán" vs "abrirla" - which ranks higher?
"abrirán" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,680 in our Spanish list, against #31,175 for "abrirla". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "abrirán" and "abrirla" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "abrirán" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "abrirla" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,805 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "abrirán" and "abrirla" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abrirla vs Arriola". 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 #68,805 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