demostrabanvsdemostraráWhat's the difference?

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

#46,475
“demostraban” frequency rank
#32,605
“demostrará” frequency rank
79080
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature demostraban demostrará
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de demostrar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de demostrar.

Where the eye mixes demostraban and demostrará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. demostraban runs 11 letters (CVCVCCCVCVC) against demostrará's 10 (CVCVCCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
demostraban
10 ch
demostrará

Look-alike desk: demostraban vs demostrará

A purely visual mix-up. demostraban ([d̪emosˈt̪ɾaβ̞ãn]) and demostrará ([d̪emost̪ɾaˈɾa]) 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 79080, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

demostraban is recorded at frequency rank #46,475, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪emosˈt̪ɾaβ̞ãn]. demostrará is at rank #32,605, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪emost̪ɾaˈɾa].

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 79080, this pair ranks #13,506 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of demostraban vs demostrará

Shared letters: ademorst. Private to "demostraban": bn. Private to "demostrará": á.

"demostraban" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCVC  ·  "demostrará" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • demostraban ← ddemostraban · demmostraban · demosrtaban · demosstraban · demostarban · demostraabn · demostrabann · demostrabban

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "demostraban" and "demostrará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪emosˈt̪ɾaβ̞ãn] versus [d̪emost̪ɾaˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "demostraban" or "demostrará"?
"demostrará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,605 in our Spanish list, against #46,475 for "demostraban". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "demostraban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "demostrará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,506 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "demostraban" and "demostrará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demostrará vs demostraría". 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 #13,506 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