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Which to use

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

#9,756
“adopta” frequency rank
#39,554
“adoptará” frequency rank
49310
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature adopta adoptará
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de adoptar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de adoptar.

Where the eye mixes adopta and adoptará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. adopta runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against adoptará's 8 (VCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
adopta
8 ch
adoptará

Visual trap between adopta and adoptará

A purely visual mix-up. adopta ([aˈð̞opt̪a]) and adoptará ([að̞opt̪aˈɾa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “adopta” sits inside “adoptará”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49310, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

adopta is recorded at frequency rank #9,756, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈð̞opt̪a]. adoptará is at rank #39,554, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞opt̪aˈɾa].

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 49310, this pair ranks #109,570 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of adopta vs adoptará

Shared letters: adopt. Private to "adopta": -. Private to "adoptará": rá.

"adopta" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "adoptará" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • adopta ← addopta · adopat · adoppta · adoptta · adotpa · adpota · aodpta · daopta

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "adopta" for "adoptará" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aˈð̞opt̪a] versus [að̞opt̪aˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "adopta" or "adoptará"?
"adopta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,756 in our Spanish list, against #39,554 for "adoptará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "adopta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "adoptará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #109,570 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "adopta" and "adoptará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adoptará vs adoptiva". 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 #109,570 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