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

#14,757
“ampliado” frequency rank
#43,374
“ampliará” frequency rank
58131
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ampliado ampliará
Definition Participio de ampliar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de ampliar.

Where the eye mixes ampliado and ampliará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. ampliado and ampliará follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
ampliado
8 ch
ampliará

Why the eye confuses ampliado with ampliará

A purely visual mix-up. ampliado ([ãmˈpljað̞o]) and ampliará ([ãmpljaˈɾa]) 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 58131, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ampliado is recorded at frequency rank #14,757, classified as averb, pronounced [ãmˈpljað̞o]. ampliará is at rank #43,374, tagged as averb, pronounced [ãmpljaˈɾa].

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 58131, this pair ranks #67,657 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ampliado vs ampliará

Shared letters: ailmp. Private to "ampliado": do. Private to "ampliará": .

"ampliado" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCV  ·  "ampliará" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ampliadoamlpiado · ammpliado · ampilado · amplaido · ampliaddo · ampliaod · amplidao · amplliado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ampliado" and "ampliará" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ãmˈpljað̞o] versus [ãmpljaˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "ampliado" or "ampliará" show up more?
"ampliado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,757 in our Spanish list, against #43,374 for "ampliará". 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 "ampliado" and "ampliará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ampliado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ampliará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #67,657 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ampliado" and "ampliará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ampliará vs ampliaron". 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 #67,657 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