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

#45,832
“constará” frequency rank
#10,475
“costar” frequency rank
56307
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature constará costar
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de constar. Tener un valor en dinero.

Where the eye mixes constará and costar

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

8 ch
constará
6 ch
costar

Look-alike desk: constará vs costar

A purely visual mix-up. constará ([kõnst̪aˈɾa]) and costar ([kosˈt̪aɾ]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56307, 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]. costar is at rank #10,475, tagged as averb, pronounced [kosˈt̪aɾ].

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 56307, this pair ranks #75,152 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of constará vs costar

Shared letters: acorst. Private to "constará": . Private to "costar": -.

"constará" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV  ·  "costar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • costarccostar · cosatr · cosstar · costarr · costtar · cotsar · csotar · ocstar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "constará" and "costar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kõnst̪aˈɾa] versus [kosˈt̪aɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "constará" or "costar"?
"costar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,475 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.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "constará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "costar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #75,152 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "constará" and "costar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "constará vs costra". 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 #75,152 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