funcionarávsfuncionaránWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“funcionará” and “funcionarán” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,863
“funcionará” frequency rank
#46,576
“funcionarán” frequency rank
63439
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature funcionará funcionarán
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de funcionar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de funcionar.

Where the eye mixes funcionará and funcionarán

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.

10 ch
funcionará
11 ch
funcionarán

Visual trap between funcionará and funcionarán

A purely visual mix-up. funcionará ([fũnsjonaˈɾa]) and funcionarán ([fũnsjonaˈɾãn]) 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) - “funcionará” sits inside “funcionarán”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63439, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

funcionará is recorded at frequency rank #16,863, classified as averb, pronounced [fũnsjonaˈɾa]. funcionarán is at rank #46,576, tagged as averb, pronounced [fũnsjonaˈɾãn].

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 63439, this pair ranks #48,754 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of funcionará vs funcionarán

Shared letters: acfinoruá. Private to "funcionará": -. Private to "funcionarán": -.

"funcionará" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCV  ·  "funcionarán" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "funcionará" and "funcionarán" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fũnsjonaˈɾa] versus [fũnsjonaˈɾãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "funcionará" or "funcionarán"?
"funcionará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,863 in our Spanish list, against #46,576 for "funcionarán". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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  • Full dictionary entry for "funcionará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "funcionarán" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,754 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "funcionará" and "funcionarán" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "funcionarán vs funcionaron". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #48,754 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list