declaravsdictaráTell them apart

Which to use

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

#4,497
“declara” frequency rank
#47,732
“dictará” frequency rank
52229
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature declara dictará
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de declarar o de declararse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de dictar.

Where the eye mixes declara and dictará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

7 ch
declara
7 ch
dictará

Look-alike desk: declara vs dictará

A purely visual mix-up. declara ([d̪eˈklaɾa]) and dictará ([d̪ikt̪aˈɾa]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52229, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

declara is recorded at frequency rank #4,497, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈklaɾa]. dictará is at rank #47,732, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪ikt̪aˈɾa].

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 52229, this pair ranks #93,765 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of declara vs dictará

Shared letters: acdr. Private to "declara": el. Private to "dictará": itá.

"declara" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "dictará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • declaradcelara · ddeclara · decalra · decclara · declaar · declarra · decllara · declraa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "declara" and "dictará" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈklaɾa] versus [d̪ikt̪aˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "declara" vs "dictará" - which ranks higher?
"declara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,497 in our Spanish list, against #47,732 for "dictará". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "declara" and "dictará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "declara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dictará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #93,765 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "declara" and "dictará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dictadas vs dictará". 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 #93,765 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