encargaránvsencargaronConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#44,150
“encargarán” frequency rank
#23,042
“encargaron” frequency rank
67192
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature encargarán encargaron
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de encargar o de encargarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de encargar o de encargarse.

Where the eye mixes encargarán and encargaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. encargarán and encargaron follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
encargarán
10 ch
encargaron

Why the eye confuses encargarán with encargaron

A purely visual mix-up. encargarán ([ẽŋkaɾɣ̞aˈɾãn]) and encargaron ([ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞aɾõn]) 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 a single letter - á in “encargarán” becomes o in “encargaron”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67192, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

encargarán is recorded at frequency rank #44,150, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽŋkaɾɣ̞aˈɾãn]. encargaron is at rank #23,042, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞aɾõn].

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 67192, this pair ranks #37,795 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of encargarán vs encargaron

Shared letters: acegnr. Private to "encargarán": á. Private to "encargaron": o.

"encargarán" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC  ·  "encargaron" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • encargaron ← ecnargaron · enacrgaron · encagraron · encaragron · encargaorn · encargarno · encargaronn · encargarron

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "encargarán" for "encargaron" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ẽŋkaɾɣ̞aˈɾãn] versus [ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞aɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "encargarán" vs "encargaron" - which ranks higher?
"encargaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,042 in our Spanish list, against #44,150 for "encargarán". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "encargarán" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "encargaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,795 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "encargarán" and "encargaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encargaban vs encargarán". 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 #37,795 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