Which to use
“funcionado” and “funcionará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,783
- “funcionado” frequency rank
- #16,863
- “funcionará” frequency rank
- 28646
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | funcionado | funcionará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de funcionar. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de funcionar. |
Where the eye mixes funcionado and funcionará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses funcionado with funcionará
A purely visual mix-up. funcionado ([fũnsjoˈnað̞o]) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28646, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
funcionado is recorded at frequency rank #11,783, classified as averb, pronounced [fũnsjoˈnað̞o]. 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 28646, this pair ranks #220,961 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of funcionado vs funcionará
Shared letters: acfinou. Private to "funcionado": d. Private to "funcionará": rá.
"funcionado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCV · "funcionará" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- funcionado ← ffuncionado · fnucionado · fucnionado · funccionado · funcinoado · funcioando · funcionaddo · funcionaod
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "funcionado" for "funcionará" ever safe?
Which is more common, "funcionado" or "funcionará"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "funcionado" 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 #220,961 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "funcionado" 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 #220,961 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.