acabarávsacabaseWhat's the difference?

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.

7 ch
acabará
7 ch
acabase

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": . Private to "acabase": es.

"acabará" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "acabase" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acabaseaacbase · acaabse · acabace · acabaes · acabasse · acabbase · acabsae · acavase

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acabará" for "acabase" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([akaβ̞aˈɾa] versus [akaˈβ̞ase]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "acabará" or "acabase"?
"acabará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,512 in our Spanish list, against #49,376 for "acabase". 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 "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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list