comprarávscompraríaWhich spelling fits?

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

#40,204
“comprará” frequency rank
#24,435
“compraría” frequency rank
64639
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comprará compraría
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de comprar. Primera persona del singular (yo) del condicional de comprar.

Where the eye mixes comprará and compraría

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. comprará runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against compraría's 9 (CVCCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
comprará
9 ch
compraría

Look-alike desk: comprará vs compraría

A purely visual mix-up. comprará ([kõmpɾaˈɾa]) and compraría ([kõmpɾaˈɾia]) 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 64639, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comprará is recorded at frequency rank #40,204, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmpɾaˈɾa]. compraría is at rank #24,435, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmpɾaˈɾia].

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 64639, this pair ranks #45,008 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of comprará vs compraría

Shared letters: acmopr. Private to "comprará": á. Private to "compraría": í.

"comprará" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV  ·  "compraría" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "comprará" for "compraría" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõmpɾaˈɾa] versus [kõmpɾaˈɾia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "comprará" or "compraría"?
"compraría" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,435 in our Spanish list, against #40,204 for "comprará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "comprará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "compraría" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,008 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comprará" and "compraría" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comparaba vs comprará". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #45,008 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