dedicarávsdedicarseTell them apart

Which to use

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

#46,470
“dedicará” frequency rank
#10,122
“dedicarse” frequency rank
56592
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dedicará dedicarse
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de dedicar o de dedicarse. Ocupar la propia atención y/o tiempo a algo en particular, generalmente como actividad, oficio u ocupación principal.

Where the eye mixes dedicará and dedicarse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dedicará runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against dedicarse's 9 (CVCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
dedicará
9 ch
dedicarse

Look-alike desk: dedicará vs dedicarse

A purely visual mix-up. dedicará ([d̪eð̞ikaˈɾa]) and dedicarse ([d̪eð̞iˈkaɾse]) 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 56592, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dedicará is recorded at frequency rank #46,470, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eð̞ikaˈɾa]. dedicarse is at rank #10,122, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eð̞iˈkaɾse].

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 56592, this pair ranks #73,957 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dedicará vs dedicarse

Shared letters: acdeir. Private to "dedicará": á. Private to "dedicarse": s.

"dedicará" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "dedicarse" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dedicarse ← ddedicarse · ddeicarse · dedciarse · deddicarse · dediacrse · dedicarce · dedicares · dedicarrse

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dedicará" and "dedicarse" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eð̞ikaˈɾa] versus [d̪eð̞iˈkaɾse]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dedicará" or "dedicarse"?
"dedicarse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,122 in our Spanish list, against #46,470 for "dedicará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dedicará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dedicarse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #73,957 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dedicará" and "dedicarse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dedicará vs dedicaría". 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 #73,957 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