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Which to use

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

#4,153
“desarrolla” frequency rank
#27,185
“desarrollará” frequency rank
31338
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature desarrolla desarrollará
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desarrollar o de desarrollarse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de desarrollar o de desarrollarse.

Where the eye mixes desarrolla and desarrollará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. desarrolla runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCCV) against desarrollará's 12 (CVCVCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
desarrolla
12 ch
desarrollará

Visual trap between desarrolla and desarrollará

A purely visual mix-up. desarrolla ([d̪esaˈroʝa]) and desarrollará ([d̪esaroʝaˈɾa]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “desarrolla” sits inside “desarrollará”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31338, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

desarrolla is recorded at frequency rank #4,153, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪esaˈroʝa]. desarrollará is at rank #27,185, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪esaroʝaˈɾa].

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 31338, this pair ranks #207,549 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of desarrolla vs desarrollará

Shared letters: adelors. Private to "desarrolla": -. Private to "desarrollará": á.

"desarrolla" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV  ·  "desarrollará" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • desarrolla ← ddesarrolla · deasrrolla · desarolla · desarorlla · desarrlola · desarrola · desarrolal · desrarolla

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "desarrolla" for "desarrollará" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪esaˈroʝa] versus [d̪esaroʝaˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "desarrolla" or "desarrollará"?
"desarrolla" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,153 in our Spanish list, against #27,185 for "desarrollará". 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 "desarrolla" and "desarrollará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "desarrolla" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "desarrollará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #207,549 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "desarrolla" and "desarrollará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desarrollará vs desarrollarán". 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 #207,549 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