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

#2,007
“apoyar” frequency rank
#23,665
“apoyará” frequency rank
25672
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apoyar apoyará
Definition Dicho de un bebé: tomar la leche de la teta. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de apoyar o de apoyarse.

Where the eye mixes apoyar and apoyará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
apoyar
7 ch
apoyará

Visual trap between apoyar and apoyará

A purely visual mix-up. apoyar ([apoˈʝaɾ]) and apoyará ([apoʝaˈɾa]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “apoyar” sits inside “apoyará”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25672, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apoyar is recorded at frequency rank #2,007, classified as averb, pronounced [apoˈʝaɾ]. apoyará is at rank #23,665, tagged as averb, pronounced [apoʝaˈɾa].

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 25672, this pair ranks #235,345 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of apoyar vs apoyará

Shared letters: aopry. Private to "apoyar": -. Private to "apoyará": á.

"apoyar" · 6 letters · shape VCVVVC  ·  "apoyará" · 7 letters · shape VCVVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apoyaraopyar · apoayr · apoyarr · apoyra · apoyyar · appoyar · apyoar · paoyar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "apoyar" and "apoyará" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([apoˈʝaɾ] versus [apoʝaˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "apoyar" or "apoyará" show up more?
"apoyar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,007 in our Spanish list, against #23,665 for "apoyará". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "apoyar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apoyará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #235,345 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "apoyar" and "apoyará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apodada vs apoyará". 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 #235,345 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