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

#2,603
“echar” frequency rank
#36,544
“echará” frequency rank
39147
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature echar echará
Definition Impulsar o empujar algo hacia algún lugar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de echar o de echarse.

Where the eye mixes echar and echará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

5 ch
echar
6 ch
echará

Visual trap between echar and echará

A purely visual mix-up. echar ([eˈt͡ʃaɾ]) and echará ([et͡ʃaˈɾa]) 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 extra letter(s) - “echar” sits inside “echará”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39147, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

echar is recorded at frequency rank #2,603, classified as averb, pronounced [eˈt͡ʃaɾ]. echará is at rank #36,544, tagged as averb, pronounced [et͡ʃaˈɾa].

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 39147, this pair ranks #166,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of echar vs echará

Shared letters: acehr. Private to "echar": -. Private to "echará": á.

"echar" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "echará" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • echarcehar · ecahr · ecchar · echarr · echhar · echra · ehcar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "echar" for "echará" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([eˈt͡ʃaɾ] versus [et͡ʃaˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "echar" vs "echará" - which ranks higher?
"echar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,603 in our Spanish list, against #36,544 for "echará". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "echar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "echará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #166,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "echar" and "echará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "echará vs echarán". 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 #166,159 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