aumentarvsaumentaríaConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#2,067
“aumentar” frequency rank
#28,245
“aumentaría” frequency rank
30312
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aumentar aumentaría
Definition Hacer más grande una cantidad, número, extensión, volumen, importancia o magnitud. Primera persona del singular (yo) del condicional de aumentar.

Where the eye mixes aumentar and aumentaría

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

8 ch
aumentar
10 ch
aumentaría

Look-alike desk: aumentar vs aumentaría

A purely visual mix-up. aumentar ([awmẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]) and aumentaría ([awmẽn̪t̪aˈɾia]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “aumentar” sits inside “aumentaría”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30312, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aumentar is recorded at frequency rank #2,067, classified as averb, pronounced [awmẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. aumentaría is at rank #28,245, tagged as averb, pronounced [awmẽn̪t̪aˈɾia].

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 30312, this pair ranks #212,599 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aumentar vs aumentaría

Shared letters: aemnrtu. Private to "aumentar": -. Private to "aumentaría": í.

"aumentar" · 8 letters · shape VVCVCCVC  ·  "aumentaría" · 10 letters · shape VVCVCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aumentar ← amuentar · auemntar · aumenatr · aumenntar · aumentarr · aumentra · aumenttar · aumetnar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aumentar" and "aumentaría" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([awmẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ] versus [awmẽn̪t̪aˈɾia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "aumentar" vs "aumentaría" - which ranks higher?
"aumentar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,067 in our Spanish list, against #28,245 for "aumentaría". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "aumentar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aumentaría" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #212,599 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aumentar" and "aumentaría" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aumentarán vs aumentaría". 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 #212,599 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