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

#39,206
“entregaban” frequency rank
#17,129
“entregará” frequency rank
56335
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature entregaban entregará
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de entregar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de entregar o de entregarse.

Where the eye mixes entregaban and entregará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. entregaban runs 10 letters (VCCCVCVCVC) against entregará's 9 (VCCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
entregaban
9 ch
entregará

Why the eye confuses entregaban with entregará

A purely visual mix-up. entregaban ([ẽn̪t̪ɾeˈɣ̞aβ̞ãn]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56335, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

entregaban is recorded at frequency rank #39,206, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽn̪t̪ɾeˈɣ̞aβ̞ãn]. 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 56335, this pair ranks #75,041 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of entregaban vs entregará

Shared letters: aegnrt. Private to "entregaban": b. Private to "entregará": á.

"entregaban" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVC  ·  "entregará" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • entregaban ← enntregaban · enrtegaban · entergaban · entreagban · entregaabn · entregabann · entregabban · entregabna

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "entregaban" and "entregará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ẽn̪t̪ɾeˈɣ̞aβ̞ãn] versus [ẽn̪t̪ɾeɣ̞aˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "entregaban" 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 #39,206 for "entregaban". 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 "entregaban" and "entregará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "entregaban" 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 #75,041 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "entregaban" and "entregará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entregaban vs entrenaba". 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 #75,041 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