ganarávsganarseWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#12,389
“ganará” frequency rank
#9,460
“ganarse” frequency rank
21849
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ganará ganarse
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de ganar o de ganarse. Ubicarse, situarse en un determinado lugar.

Where the eye mixes ganará and ganarse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. ganará runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against ganarse's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
ganará
7 ch
ganarse

Visual trap between ganará and ganarse

A purely visual mix-up. ganará ([ganaˈɾa]) and ganarse ([gaˈnaɾse]) 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 21849, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ganará is recorded at frequency rank #12,389, classified as averb, pronounced [ganaˈɾa]. ganarse is at rank #9,460, tagged as averb, pronounced [gaˈnaɾse].

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 21849, this pair ranks #253,065 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ganará vs ganarse

Shared letters: agnr. Private to "ganará": á. Private to "ganarse": es.

"ganará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "ganarse" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ganarse ← agnarse · gaanrse · ganarce · ganares · ganarrse · ganarsse · ganasre · gannarse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ganará" and "ganarse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ganaˈɾa] versus [gaˈnaɾse]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "ganará" vs "ganarse" - which ranks higher?
"ganarse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,460 in our Spanish list, against #12,389 for "ganará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "ganará" and "ganarse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ganará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ganarse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #253,065 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ganará" and "ganarse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ganará vs gara". 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 #253,065 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