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

#17,427
“entrara” frequency rank
#17,129
“entregará” frequency rank
34556
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature entrara entregará
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de entrar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de entregar o de entregarse.

Where the eye mixes entrara and entregará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. entrara runs 7 letters (VCCCVCV) against entregará's 9 (VCCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
entrara
9 ch
entregará

Look-alike desk: entrara vs entregará

A purely visual mix-up. entrara ([ẽn̪ˈt̪ɾaɾa]) and entregará ([ẽn̪t̪ɾeɣ̞aˈɾa]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34556, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

entrara is recorded at frequency rank #17,427, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽn̪ˈt̪ɾaɾa]. entregará is at rank #17,129, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽn̪t̪ɾeɣ̞aˈɾa].

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 34556, this pair ranks #190,791 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of entrara vs entregará

Shared letters: aenrt. Private to "entrara": -. Private to "entregará": gá.

"entrara" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV  ·  "entregará" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • entrara ← enntrara · enrtara · entarra · entraar · entrarra · entrraa · entrrara · enttrara

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "entrara" and "entregará" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ẽn̪ˈt̪ɾaɾa] versus [ẽn̪t̪ɾeɣ̞aˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "entrara" vs "entregará" - which ranks higher?
"entregará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,129 in our Spanish list, against #17,427 for "entrara". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "entrara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "entregará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #190,791 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "entrara" and "entregará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entrara vs entrase". 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 #190,791 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