comunicarávscomunicaronWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#41,813
“comunicará” frequency rank
#34,510
“comunicaron” frequency rank
76323
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comunicará comunicaron
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de comunicar o de comunicarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de comunicar o de comunicarse.

Where the eye mixes comunicará and comunicaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

10 ch
comunicará
11 ch
comunicaron

Look-alike desk: comunicará vs comunicaron

A purely visual mix-up. comunicará ([komunikaˈɾa]) and comunicaron ([komuniˈkaɾõn]) 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 76323, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comunicará is recorded at frequency rank #41,813, classified as averb, pronounced [komunikaˈɾa]. comunicaron is at rank #34,510, tagged as averb, pronounced [komuniˈkaɾõn].

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 76323, this pair ranks #17,956 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of comunicará vs comunicaron

Shared letters: acimnoru. Private to "comunicará": á. Private to "comunicaron": -.

"comunicará" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV  ·  "comunicaron" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comunicaronccomunicaron · cmounicaron · communicaron · comnuicaron · comuincaron · comunciaron · comuniacron · comunicaorn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "comunicará" for "comunicaron" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([komunikaˈɾa] versus [komuniˈkaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "comunicará" or "comunicaron" show up more?
"comunicaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,510 in our Spanish list, against #41,813 for "comunicará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "comunicará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comunicaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,956 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comunicará" and "comunicaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comunicaba vs comunicará". 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 #17,956 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