Which to use
“bastará” and “buscará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,154
- “bastará” frequency rank
- #15,556
- “buscará” frequency rank
- 40710
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bastará | buscará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de bastar o de bastarse. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de buscar. |
Where the eye mixes bastará and buscará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. bastará and buscará follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between bastará and buscará
A purely visual mix-up. bastará ([bast̪aˈɾa]) and buscará ([buskaˈɾa]) 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 40710, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bastará is recorded at frequency rank #25,154, classified as averb, pronounced [bast̪aˈɾa]. buscará is at rank #15,556, tagged as averb, pronounced [buskaˈɾa].
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 40710, this pair ranks #157,616 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bastará vs buscará
Shared letters: abrsá. Private to "bastará": t. Private to "buscará": cu.
"bastará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "buscará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "bastará" and "buscará" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "bastará" vs "buscará" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "bastará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "buscará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #157,616 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bastará" and "buscará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bastado vs bastará". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #157,616 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.