Which to use
“funciona” and “funcionará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,291
- “funciona” frequency rank
- #16,863
- “funcionará” frequency rank
- 18154
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | funciona | funcionará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de funcionar. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de funcionar. |
Where the eye mixes funciona and funcionará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: funciona vs funcionará
A purely visual mix-up. funciona ([fũnˈsjona]) and funcionará ([fũnsjonaˈɾa]) 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 extra letter(s) - “funciona” sits inside “funcionará”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18154, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
funciona is recorded at frequency rank #1,291, classified as averb, pronounced [fũnˈsjona]. funcionará is at rank #16,863, tagged as averb, pronounced [fũnsjonaˈɾa].
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 18154, this pair ranks #269,111 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of funciona vs funcionará
Shared letters: acfinou. Private to "funciona": -. Private to "funcionará": rá.
"funciona" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "funcionará" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- funciona ← ffunciona · fnuciona · fucniona · funcciona · funcinoa · funcioan · funcionna · funcoina
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "funciona" and "funcionará" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "funciona" or "funcionará"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "funciona" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "funcionará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #269,111 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "funciona" and "funcionará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "funcionará vs funcionarán". 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 #269,111 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.