Which to use
“funcionar” and “funcionará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,412
- “funcionar” frequency rank
- #16,863
- “funcionará” frequency rank
- 20275
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | funcionar | funcionará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Realizar la o las funciones para lo que una labor o un mecanismo fue concebido. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de funcionar. |
Where the eye mixes funcionar and funcionará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: funcionar vs funcionará
A purely visual mix-up. funcionar ([fũnsjoˈnaɾ]) 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 extra letter(s) - “funcionar” sits inside “funcionará”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20275, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
funcionar is recorded at frequency rank #3,412, classified as averb, pronounced [fũnsjoˈnaɾ]. 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 20275, this pair ranks #260,045 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of funcionar vs funcionará
Shared letters: acfinoru. Private to "funcionar": -. Private to "funcionará": á.
"funcionar" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC · "funcionará" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- funcionar ← ffuncionar · fnucionar · fucnionar · funccionar · funcinoar · funcioanr · funcionarr · funcionnar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "funcionar" for "funcionará" ever safe?
Frequency check: "funcionar" vs "funcionará" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "funcionar" and "funcionará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "funcionar" 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 #260,045 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "funcionar" 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 #260,045 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.