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

#47,841
“gustabas” frequency rank
#21,014
“gustará” frequency rank
68855
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gustabas gustará
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de gustar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de gustar.

Where the eye mixes gustabas and gustará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

8 ch
gustabas
7 ch
gustará

Look-alike desk: gustabas vs gustará

A purely visual mix-up. gustabas ([gusˈt̪aβ̞as]) and gustará ([gust̪aˈɾa]) 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 68855, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gustabas is recorded at frequency rank #47,841, classified as averb, pronounced [gusˈt̪aβ̞as]. gustará is at rank #21,014, tagged as averb, pronounced [gust̪aˈɾa].

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 68855, this pair ranks #33,461 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of gustabas vs gustará

Shared letters: agstu. Private to "gustabas": b. Private to "gustará": .

"gustabas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "gustará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gustabasggustabas · gsutabas · gusatbas · gusstabas · gustaabs · gustabass · gustabbas · gustabsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gustabas" and "gustará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([gusˈt̪aβ̞as] versus [gust̪aˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "gustabas" vs "gustará" - which ranks higher?
"gustará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,014 in our Spanish list, against #47,841 for "gustabas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gustabas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gustará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,461 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gustabas" and "gustará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gastadas vs gustabas". 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 #33,461 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