asegurarávsasegurarseWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#35,357
“asegurará” frequency rank
#6,867
“asegurarse” frequency rank
42224
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature asegurará asegurarse
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de asegurar. Cerciorarse, verificar o comprobar que algo sea verdadero o se haga.

Where the eye mixes asegurará and asegurarse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. asegurará runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVCV) against asegurarse's 10 (VCVCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
asegurará
10 ch
asegurarse

Visual trap between asegurará and asegurarse

A purely visual mix-up. asegurará ([aseɣ̞uɾaˈɾa]) and asegurarse ([aseɣ̞uˈɾaɾse]) 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 42224, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

asegurará is recorded at frequency rank #35,357, classified as averb, pronounced [aseɣ̞uɾaˈɾa]. asegurarse is at rank #6,867, tagged as averb, pronounced [aseɣ̞uˈɾaɾse].

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 42224, this pair ranks #149,441 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of asegurará vs asegurarse

Shared letters: aegrsu. Private to "asegurará": á. Private to "asegurarse": -.

"asegurará" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV  ·  "asegurarse" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • asegurarseacegurarce · aesgurarse · aseggurarse · asegruarse · aseguarrse · asegurares · asegurarrse · asegurarsse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "asegurará" for "asegurarse" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aseɣ̞uɾaˈɾa] versus [aseɣ̞uˈɾaɾse]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "asegurará" or "asegurarse" show up more?
"asegurarse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,867 in our Spanish list, against #35,357 for "asegurará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "asegurará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "asegurarse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #149,441 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "asegurará" and "asegurarse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aseguraban vs asegurará". 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 #149,441 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