apoyarávsapoyarseTell them apart

Which to use

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

#23,665
“apoyará” frequency rank
#24,729
“apoyarse” frequency rank
48394
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apoyará apoyarse
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de apoyar o de apoyarse. Dejarse caer uno mismo, o su cuerpo, sobre algún otro objeto o persona, con tal de que sea sostenido.

Where the eye mixes apoyará and apoyarse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. apoyará runs 7 letters (VCVVVCV) against apoyarse's 8 (VCVVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
apoyará
8 ch
apoyarse

Look-alike desk: apoyará vs apoyarse

A purely visual mix-up. apoyará ([apoʝaˈɾa]) and apoyarse ([apoˈʝaɾse]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48394, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apoyará is recorded at frequency rank #23,665, classified as averb, pronounced [apoʝaˈɾa]. apoyarse is at rank #24,729, tagged as averb, pronounced [apoˈʝaɾse].

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 48394, this pair ranks #114,727 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of apoyará vs apoyarse

Shared letters: aopry. Private to "apoyará": á. Private to "apoyarse": es.

"apoyará" · 7 letters · shape VCVVVCV  ·  "apoyarse" · 8 letters · shape VCVVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apoyarse ← aopyarse · apoayrse · apoyarce · apoyares · apoyarrse · apoyarsse · apoyasre · apoyrase

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "apoyará" for "apoyarse" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([apoʝaˈɾa] versus [apoˈʝaɾse]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "apoyará" or "apoyarse" show up more?
"apoyará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,665 in our Spanish list, against #24,729 for "apoyarse". 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 "apoyará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apoyarse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #114,727 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "apoyará" and "apoyarse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apoyarse vs asomarse". 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 #114,727 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