Which to use
“cortarla” and “costará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,542
- “cortarla” frequency rank
- #15,332
- “costará” frequency rank
- 64874
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cortarla | costará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Desistir. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de costar. |
Where the eye mixes cortarla and costará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cortarla runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against costará's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cortarla vs costará
A purely visual mix-up. cortarla ([koɾˈt̪aɾla]) and costará ([kost̪aˈɾa]) 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 64874, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cortarla is recorded at frequency rank #49,542, classified as averb, pronounced [koɾˈt̪aɾla]. costará is at rank #15,332, tagged as averb, pronounced [kost̪aˈɾa].
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 64874, this pair ranks #44,298 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cortarla vs costará
Shared letters: acort. Private to "cortarla": l. Private to "costará": sá.
"cortarla" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "costará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cortarla ← ccortarla · coratrla · corrtarla · cortalra · cortaral · cortarlla · cortarrla · cortrala
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cortarla" for "costará" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cortarla" or "costará"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cortarla" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "costará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,298 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cortarla" and "costará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cortaba vs cortarla". 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 #44,298 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.