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

#48,819
“arriesgaría” frequency rank
#17,873
“arriesgarse” frequency rank
66692
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature arriesgaría arriesgarse
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del condicional de arriesgar o de arriesgarse. Arriesgar (uso pronominal de ...)

Where the eye mixes arriesgaría and arriesgarse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. arriesgaría (VCCVVCCVCVV) and arriesgarse (VCCVVCCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

11 ch
arriesgaría
11 ch
arriesgarse

Why the eye confuses arriesgaría with arriesgarse

A purely visual mix-up. arriesgaría ([arjesɣ̞aˈɾia]) and arriesgarse ([arjesˈɣ̞aɾse]) 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 66692, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

arriesgaría is recorded at frequency rank #48,819, classified as averb, pronounced [arjesɣ̞aˈɾia]. arriesgarse is at rank #17,873, tagged as averb, pronounced [arjesˈɣ̞aɾse].

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 66692, this pair ranks #39,164 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of arriesgaría vs arriesgarse

Shared letters: aegirs. Private to "arriesgaría": í. Private to "arriesgarse": -.

"arriesgaría" · 11 letters · shape VCCVVCCVCVV  ·  "arriesgarse" · 11 letters · shape VCCVVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • arriesgarse ← ariesgarse · ariresgarse · arreisgarse · arriegsarse · arriesagrse · arriesgarce · arriesgares · arriesgarrse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "arriesgaría" for "arriesgarse" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([arjesɣ̞aˈɾia] versus [arjesˈɣ̞aɾse]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "arriesgaría" or "arriesgarse"?
"arriesgarse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,873 in our Spanish list, against #48,819 for "arriesgaría". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "arriesgaría" and "arriesgarse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "arriesgaría" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "arriesgarse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,164 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "arriesgaría" and "arriesgarse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arriesgada vs arriesgaría". 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 #39,164 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