constarávscontaráWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#45,832
“constará” frequency rank
#13,648
“contará” frequency rank
59480
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature constará contará
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de constar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de contar.

Where the eye mixes constará and contará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
constará
7 ch
contará

Why the eye confuses constará with contará

A purely visual mix-up. constará ([kõnst̪aˈɾa]) and contará ([kõn̪t̪aˈɾa]) 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 59480, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

constará is recorded at frequency rank #45,832, classified as averb, pronounced [kõnst̪aˈɾa]. contará is at rank #13,648, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõn̪t̪aˈɾa].

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 59480, this pair ranks #62,445 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of constará vs contará

Shared letters: acnortá. Private to "constará": s. Private to "contará": -.

"constará" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV  ·  "contará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "constará" and "contará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kõnst̪aˈɾa] versus [kõn̪t̪aˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "constará" vs "contará" - which ranks higher?
"contará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,648 in our Spanish list, against #45,832 for "constará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "constará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "contará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #62,445 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "constará" and "contará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "constará vs costra". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #62,445 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