Which to use
“castigan” and “castigará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,800
- “castigan” frequency rank
- #44,032
- “castigará” frequency rank
- 74832
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | castigan | castigará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de castigar o de castigarse. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de castigar o de castigarse. |
Where the eye mixes castigan and castigará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. castigan runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against castigará's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between castigan and castigará
A purely visual mix-up. castigan ([kasˈt̪iɣ̞ãn]) and castigará ([kast̪iɣ̞aˈɾa]) 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 74832, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
castigan is recorded at frequency rank #30,800, classified as averb, pronounced [kasˈt̪iɣ̞ãn]. castigará is at rank #44,032, tagged as averb, pronounced [kast̪iɣ̞aˈɾa].
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 74832, this pair ranks #20,632 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of castigan vs castigará
Shared letters: acgist. Private to "castigan": n. Private to "castigará": rá.
"castigan" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "castigará" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- castigan ← acstigan · casitgan · casstigan · castgian · castiagn · castigann · castiggan · castigna
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "castigan" for "castigará" ever safe?
Which is more common, "castigan" or "castigará"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "castigan" and "castigará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "castigan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "castigará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,632 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "castigan" and "castigará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "castigadas vs castigará". 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 #20,632 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.