Which to use
“funcionan” and “funcionará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,605
- “funcionan” frequency rank
- #16,863
- “funcionará” frequency rank
- 21468
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | funcionan | funcionará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 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 funcionan and funcionará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. funcionan runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCVC) against funcionará's 10 (CVCCVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: funcionan vs funcionará
A purely visual mix-up. funcionan ([fũnˈsjonãn]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21468, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
funcionan is recorded at frequency rank #4,605, classified as averb, pronounced [fũnˈsjonãn]. 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 21468, this pair ranks #254,813 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of funcionan vs funcionará
Shared letters: acfinou. Private to "funcionan": -. Private to "funcionará": rá.
"funcionan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC · "funcionará" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- funcionan ← ffuncionan · fnucionan · fucnionan · funccionan · funcinoan · funcioann · funcionann · funcionnan
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "funcionan" and "funcionará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "funcionan" or "funcionará" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "funcionan" and "funcionará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "funcionan" 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 #254,813 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "funcionan" 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 #254,813 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.