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Which to use

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

#21,014
“gustará” frequency rank
#990
“gustaría” frequency rank
22004
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gustará gustaría
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de gustar. Primera persona del singular (yo) del condicional de gustar.

Where the eye mixes gustará and gustaría

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
gustará
8 ch
gustaría

Visual trap between gustará and gustaría

A purely visual mix-up. gustará ([gust̪aˈɾa]) and gustaría ([gust̪aˈɾia]) 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 22004, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gustará is recorded at frequency rank #21,014, classified as averb, pronounced [gust̪aˈɾa]. gustaría is at rank #990, tagged as averb, pronounced [gust̪aˈɾia].

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 22004, this pair ranks #252,370 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of gustará vs gustaría

Shared letters: agrstu. Private to "gustará": á. Private to "gustaría": í.

"gustará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "gustaría" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "gustará" and "gustaría" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([gust̪aˈɾa] versus [gust̪aˈɾia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "gustará" or "gustaría" show up more?
"gustaría" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #990 in our Spanish list, against #21,014 for "gustará". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "gustará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gustaría" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #252,370 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gustará" and "gustaría" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gestar vs gustará". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #252,370 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