declaranvsdeclararáWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#13,435
“declaran” frequency rank
#40,745
“declarará” frequency rank
54180
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature declaran declarará
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 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 declarar o de declararse.

Where the eye mixes declaran and declarará

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

8 ch
declaran
9 ch
declarará

Visual trap between declaran and declarará

A purely visual mix-up. declaran ([d̪eˈklaɾãn]) and declarará ([d̪eklaɾaˈɾa]) 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 54180, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

declaran is recorded at frequency rank #13,435, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈklaɾãn]. declarará is at rank #40,745, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eklaɾaˈɾa].

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 54180, this pair ranks #84,467 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of declaran vs declarará

Shared letters: acdelr. Private to "declaran": n. Private to "declarará": á.

"declaran" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "declarará" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • declarandcelaran · ddeclaran · decalran · decclaran · declaarn · declarann · declarna · declarran

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "declaran" for "declarará" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈklaɾãn] versus [d̪eklaɾaˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "declaran" vs "declarará" - which ranks higher?
"declaran" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,435 in our Spanish list, against #40,745 for "declarará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "declaran" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "declarará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #84,467 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "declaran" and "declarará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "declaradas vs declarará". 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 #84,467 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