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“faltado” and “faltará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,091
- “faltado” frequency rank
- #30,076
- “faltará” frequency rank
- 45167
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faltado | faltará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de faltar. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de faltar. |
Where the eye mixes faltado and faltará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. faltado and faltará follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses faltado with faltará
A purely visual mix-up. faltado ([fal̪ˈt̪að̞o]) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45167, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
faltado is recorded at frequency rank #15,091, classified as averb, pronounced [fal̪ˈt̪að̞o]. 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 45167, this pair ranks #133,002 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of faltado vs faltará
Shared letters: aflt. Private to "faltado": do. Private to "faltará": rá.
"faltado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "faltará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- faltado ← afltado · falatdo · falltado · faltaddo · faltaod · faltdao · falttado · fatlado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "faltado" and "faltará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "faltado" or "faltará" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "faltado" 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 #133,002 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faltado" 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 #133,002 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.