comprarávscomprateWhich spelling fits?

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

#40,204
“comprará” frequency rank
#35,952
“comprate” frequency rank
76156
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comprará comprate
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de comprar. Segunda persona del singular (vos) del imperativo afirmativo de comprarse (con el pronombre «te» enclítico).

Where the eye mixes comprará and comprate

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
comprará
8 ch
comprate

Visual trap between comprará and comprate

A purely visual mix-up. comprará ([kõmpɾaˈɾa]) and comprate ([kõmˈpɾat̪e]) 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 76156, 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]. comprate is at rank #35,952, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmˈpɾat̪e].

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 76156, this pair ranks #18,241 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of comprará vs comprate

Shared letters: acmopr. Private to "comprará": á. Private to "comprate": et.

"comprará" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV  ·  "comprate" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comprateccomprate · cmoprate · commprate · compprate · compraet · compratte · comprrate · comprtae

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "comprará" and "comprate" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kõmpɾaˈɾa] versus [kõmˈpɾat̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "comprará" or "comprate"?
"comprate" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,952 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.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "comprará" and "comprate" 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 "comprate" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,241 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comprará" and "comprate" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comparaba vs comprará". 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 #18,241 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