adoptadovsadoptaráWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: adoptado is a adjective, adoptará is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“adoptado” is an adjective and “adoptará” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,859
“adoptado” frequency rank
#39,554
“adoptará” frequency rank
46413
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature adoptado adoptará
Definition adoptado ¦ plural: adoptados ¦ femenino: adoptada ¦ femenino plural: adoptadas Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de adoptar.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set adoptado and adoptará apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
adoptado
8 ch
adoptará

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adoptado is [að̞opˈt̪að̞o] while adoptará is [að̞opt̪aˈɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46413, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

adoptado is recorded at frequency rank #6,859, classified as anadj, pronounced [að̞opˈt̪að̞o]. 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 46413, this pair ranks #125,867 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of adoptado vs adoptará

Shared letters: adopt. Private to "adoptado": -. Private to "adoptará": .

"adoptado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "adoptará" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • adoptadoaddoptado · adopatdo · adopptado · adoptaddo · adoptaod · adoptdao · adopttado · adotpado

Frequency comparison

adoptado#6,859
adoptará#39,554

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "adoptado" and "adoptará" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "adoptado" is an adjective and "adoptará" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "adoptado" or "adoptará"?
"adoptado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,859 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.

Remembering adoptado vs adoptará

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “adoptado”; for a verb, it's “adoptará”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “adoptado” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list