encargarvsencargaráConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#20,015
“encargar” frequency rank
#18,237
“encargará” frequency rank
38252
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature encargar encargará
Definition Encomendar, poner al cuidado de alguno. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de encargar o de encargarse.

Where the eye mixes encargar and encargará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. encargar runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against encargará's 9 (VCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
encargar
9 ch
encargará

Look-alike desk: encargar vs encargará

A purely visual mix-up. encargar ([ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞aɾ]) 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “encargar” sits inside “encargará”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38252, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

encargar is recorded at frequency rank #20,015, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞aɾ]. 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 38252, this pair ranks #171,028 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of encargar vs encargará

Shared letters: acegnr. Private to "encargar": -. Private to "encargará": á.

"encargar" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "encargará" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • encargar ← ecnargar · enacrgar · encagrar · encaragr · encargarr · encarggar · encargra · encarrgar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "encargar" and "encargará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞aɾ] versus [ẽŋkaɾɣ̞aˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "encargar" or "encargará"?
"encargará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,237 in our Spanish list, against #20,015 for "encargar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "encargar" and "encargará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "encargar" 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 #171,028 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "encargar" and "encargará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encargar vs escarbar". 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 #171,028 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