Which to use
“bastar” and “bastará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,524
- “bastar” frequency rank
- #25,154
- “bastará” frequency rank
- 63678
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bastar | bastará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ser suficiente y proporcionado para alguna cosa. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de bastar o de bastarse. |
Where the eye mixes bastar and bastará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. bastar runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against bastará's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between bastar and bastará
A purely visual mix-up. bastar ([basˈt̪aɾ]) and bastará ([bast̪aˈɾa]) 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) - “bastar” sits inside “bastará”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63678, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bastar is recorded at frequency rank #38,524, classified as averb, pronounced [basˈt̪aɾ]. bastará is at rank #25,154, tagged as averb, pronounced [bast̪aˈɾa].
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 63678, this pair ranks #47,994 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bastar vs bastará
Shared letters: abrst. Private to "bastar": -. Private to "bastará": á.
"bastar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "bastará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- bastar ← abstar · basatr · basstar · bastarr · bastra · basttar · batsar · bbastar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bastar" for "bastará" ever safe?
Frequency check: "bastar" vs "bastará" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "bastar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bastará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,994 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bastar" and "bastará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "basas vs bastar". 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 #47,994 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.