alcanzadavsalcanzaráConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#24,368
“alcanzada” frequency rank
#23,657
“alcanzará” frequency rank
48025
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alcanzada alcanzará
Definition Forma del femenino de alcanzado. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de alcanzar o de alcanzarse.

Where the eye mixes alcanzada and alcanzará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. alcanzada and alcanzará follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
alcanzada
9 ch
alcanzará

Why the eye confuses alcanzada with alcanzará

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: alcanzada is [alkãnˈsað̞a] while alcanzará is [alkãnsaˈɾa]. 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 48025, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alcanzada is recorded at frequency rank #24,368, classified as anadj, pronounced [alkãnˈsað̞a]. alcanzará is at rank #23,657, tagged as averb, pronounced [alkãnsaˈɾa].

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 48025, this pair ranks #116,736 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of alcanzada vs alcanzará

Shared letters: aclnz. Private to "alcanzada": d. Private to "alcanzará": .

"alcanzada" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "alcanzará" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alcanzadaaclanzada · alacnzada · alcanazda · alcannzada · alcanzaad · alcanzadda · alcanzdaa · alcanzzada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "alcanzada" for "alcanzará" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "alcanzada" is an adjective and "alcanzará" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "alcanzada" or "alcanzará"?
"alcanzará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,657 in our Spanish list, against #24,368 for "alcanzada". 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 "alcanzada" and "alcanzará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "alcanzada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "alcanzará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #116,736 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alcanzada" and "alcanzará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alcanzada vs alcanzas". 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 #116,736 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