desarrollabanvsdesarrollaráConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#38,048
“desarrollaban” frequency rank
#27,185
“desarrollará” frequency rank
65233
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature desarrollaban desarrollará
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de desarrollar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de desarrollar o de desarrollarse.

Where the eye mixes desarrollaban and desarrollará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. desarrollaban runs 13 letters (CVCVCCVCCVCVC) against desarrollará's 12 (CVCVCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

13 ch
desarrollaban
12 ch
desarrollará

Visual trap between desarrollaban and desarrollará

A purely visual mix-up. desarrollaban ([d̪esaroˈʝaβ̞ãn]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65233, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

desarrollaban is recorded at frequency rank #38,048, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪esaroˈʝaβ̞ãn]. 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 65233, this pair ranks #43,255 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of desarrollaban vs desarrollará

Shared letters: adelors. Private to "desarrollaban": bn. Private to "desarrollará": á.

"desarrollaban" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCVC  ·  "desarrollará" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • desarrollaban ← ddesarrollaban · deasrrollaban · desarollaban · desarorllaban · desarrlolaban · desarrolaban · desarrolalban · desarrollaabn

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "desarrollaban" and "desarrollará" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪esaroˈʝaβ̞ãn] versus [d̪esaroʝaˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "desarrollaban" vs "desarrollará" - which ranks higher?
"desarrollará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,185 in our Spanish list, against #38,048 for "desarrollaban". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "desarrollaban" 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 #43,255 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "desarrollaban" and "desarrollará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desarrollaban 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 #43,255 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