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

#2,603
“echar” frequency rank
#35,008
“echaré” frequency rank
37611
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature echar echaré
Definition Impulsar o empujar algo hacia algún lugar. Primera persona del singular (yo) del futuro de indicativo de echar o de echarse.

Where the eye mixes echar and echaré

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

5 ch
echar
6 ch
echaré

Look-alike desk: echar vs echaré

A purely visual mix-up. echar ([eˈt͡ʃaɾ]) and echaré ([et͡ʃaˈɾe]) 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 “echaré”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37611, 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]. echaré is at rank #35,008, tagged as averb, pronounced [et͡ʃaˈɾe].

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 37611, this pair ranks #174,383 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of echar vs echaré

Shared letters: acehr. Private to "echar": -. Private to "echaré": é.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "echar" for "echaré" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([eˈt͡ʃaɾ] versus [et͡ʃaˈɾe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "echar" or "echaré"?
"echar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,603 in our Spanish list, against #35,008 for "echaré". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "echar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "echaré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #174,383 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "echar" and "echaré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "echarán vs echaré". 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 #174,383 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