Which to use
“acabará” and “acabase” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,512
- “acabará” frequency rank
- #49,376
- “acabase” frequency rank
- 60888
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acabará | acabase |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de acabar. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de acabar. |
Where the eye mixes acabará and acabase
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between acabará and acabase
A purely visual mix-up. acabará ([akaβ̞aˈɾa]) and acabase ([akaˈβ̞ase]) 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 60888, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acabará is recorded at frequency rank #11,512, classified as averb, pronounced [akaβ̞aˈɾa]. acabase is at rank #49,376, tagged as averb, pronounced [akaˈβ̞ase].
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 60888, this pair ranks #57,327 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of acabará vs acabase
Shared letters: abc. Private to "acabará": rá. Private to "acabase": es.
"acabará" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "acabase" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- acabase ← aacbase · acaabse · acabace · acabaes · acabasse · acabbase · acabsae · acavase
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acabará" for "acabase" ever safe?
Which is more common, "acabará" or "acabase"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "acabará" and "acabase" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "acabará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acabase" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,327 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acabará" and "acabase" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acabase vs amabas". 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 #57,327 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.