Which to use
“funcionará” is a verb and “funcionario” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,863
- “funcionará” frequency rank
- #3,559
- “funcionario” frequency rank
- 20422
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | funcionará | funcionario |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de funcionar. | Persona que desempeña un empleo público. |
Where the eye mixes funcionará and funcionario
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. funcionará runs 10 letters (CVCCVVCVCV) against funcionario's 11 (CVCCVVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses funcionará with funcionario
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: funcionará is [fũnsjonaˈɾa] while funcionario is [fũnsjoˈnaɾjo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20422, 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]. funcionario is at rank #3,559, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fũnsjoˈnaɾjo].
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 20422, this pair ranks #259,401 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of funcionará vs funcionario
Shared letters: acfinoru. Private to "funcionará": á. Private to "funcionario": -.
"funcionará" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCV · "funcionario" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- funcionario ← ffuncionario · fnucionario · fucnionario · funccionario · funcinoario · funcioanrio · funcionairo · funcionaroi
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "funcionará" and "funcionario" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "funcionará" or "funcionario"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "funcionará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "funcionario" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #259,401 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "funcionará" and "funcionario" 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 #259,401 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.