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

#27,209
“encargaba” frequency rank
#18,237
“encargará” frequency rank
45446
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature encargaba encargará
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de encargar o de encargarse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de encargar o de encargarse.

Where the eye mixes encargaba and encargará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. encargaba and encargará follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
encargaba
9 ch
encargará

Visual trap between encargaba and encargará

A purely visual mix-up. encargaba ([ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞aβ̞a]) and encargará ([ẽŋkaɾɣ̞aˈɾa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45446, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

encargaba is recorded at frequency rank #27,209, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞aβ̞a]. encargará is at rank #18,237, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽŋkaɾɣ̞aˈɾa].

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 45446, this pair ranks #131,391 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of encargaba vs encargará

Shared letters: acegnr. Private to "encargaba": b. Private to "encargará": á.

"encargaba" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "encargará" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • encargaba ← ecnargaba · enacrgaba · encagraba · encaragba · encargaab · encargabba · encargava · encargbaa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "encargaba" and "encargará" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞aβ̞a] versus [ẽŋkaɾɣ̞aˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "encargaba" or "encargará"?
"encargará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,237 in our Spanish list, against #27,209 for "encargaba". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "encargaba" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "encargará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #131,391 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "encargaba" and "encargará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encargaba vs encargaban". 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 #131,391 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