dedicarávsdedicasTell them apart

Which to use

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

#46,470
“dedicará” frequency rank
#17,936
“dedicas” frequency rank
64406
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dedicará dedicas
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de dedicar o de dedicarse. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de dedicar o de dedicarse.

Where the eye mixes dedicará and dedicas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dedicará runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against dedicas's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
dedicará
7 ch
dedicas

Look-alike desk: dedicará vs dedicas

A purely visual mix-up. dedicará ([d̪eð̞ikaˈɾa]) and dedicas ([d̪eˈð̞ikas]) 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 64406, 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]. dedicas is at rank #17,936, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈð̞ikas].

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 64406, this pair ranks #45,705 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dedicará vs dedicas

Shared letters: acdei. Private to "dedicará": rá. Private to "dedicas": s.

"dedicará" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "dedicas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dedicas ← ddedicas · ddeicas · dedcias · deddicas · dediacs · dedicass · dediccas · dedicsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dedicará" and "dedicas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eð̞ikaˈɾa] versus [d̪eˈð̞ikas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dedicará" or "dedicas"?
"dedicas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,936 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dedicará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dedicas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,705 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dedicará" and "dedicas" 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 #45,705 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