Which to use
“fallar” and “faltará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,135
- “fallar” frequency rank
- #30,076
- “faltará” frequency rank
- 40211
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fallar | faltará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante obsoleta de hallar. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de faltar. |
Where the eye mixes fallar and faltará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fallar runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against faltará's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: fallar vs faltará
A purely visual mix-up. fallar ([faˈʝaɾ]) and faltará ([fal̪t̪aˈɾa]) 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 40211, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fallar is recorded at frequency rank #10,135, classified as averb, pronounced [faˈʝaɾ]. faltará is at rank #30,076, tagged as averb, pronounced [fal̪t̪aˈɾa].
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 40211, this pair ranks #160,302 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fallar vs faltará
Shared letters: aflr. Private to "fallar": -. Private to "faltará": tá.
"fallar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "faltará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- fallar ← afllar · falalr · falar · fallarr · fallra · ffallar · flalar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fallar" for "faltará" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fallar" vs "faltará" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "fallar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "faltará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #160,302 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fallar" and "faltará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fallaba vs faltará". 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 #160,302 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.