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Which to use

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

#9,978
“dispara” frequency rank
#39,170
“disputará” frequency rank
49148
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dispara disputará
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de disparar o de dispararse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de disputar.

Where the eye mixes dispara and disputará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dispara runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against disputará's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
dispara
9 ch
disputará

Why the eye confuses dispara with disputará

A purely visual mix-up. dispara ([d̪isˈpaɾa]) and disputará ([d̪isput̪aˈɾa]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49148, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dispara is recorded at frequency rank #9,978, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪isˈpaɾa]. disputará is at rank #39,170, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪isput̪aˈɾa].

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 49148, this pair ranks #110,463 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dispara vs disputará

Shared letters: adiprs. Private to "dispara": -. Private to "disputará": tuá.

"dispara" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "disputará" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dispara ← ddispara · dipsara · disapra · dispaar · disppara · dispraa · disspara · dsipara

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dispara" for "disputará" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪isˈpaɾa] versus [d̪isput̪aˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dispara" or "disputará"?
"dispara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,978 in our Spanish list, against #39,170 for "disputará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dispara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disputará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #110,463 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dispara" and "disputará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disputaban vs disputará". 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 #110,463 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