indicadasvsindicaráWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: indicadas is a participle, indicará is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“indicadas” is a participle and “indicará” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,734
“indicadas” frequency rank
#41,975
“indicará” frequency rank
64709
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature indicadas indicará
Definition Forma del femenino plural de indicado, participio de indicar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de indicar.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set indicadas and indicará apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

9 ch
indicadas
8 ch
indicará

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: indicadas is [ĩn̪d̪iˈkað̞as] while indicará is [ĩn̪d̪ikaˈɾa]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64709, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

indicadas is recorded at frequency rank #22,734, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩn̪d̪iˈkað̞as]. indicará is at rank #41,975, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪d̪ikaˈɾa].

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 64709, this pair ranks #44,803 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of indicadas vs indicará

Shared letters: acdin. Private to "indicadas": s. Private to "indicará": .

"indicadas" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC  ·  "indicará" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • indicadasidnicadas · indciadas · inddicadas · indiacdas · indicaads · indicadass · indicaddas · indicadsa

Frequency comparison

indicadas#22,734
indicará#41,975

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "indicadas" and "indicará" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "indicadas" is a participle and "indicará" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "indicadas" or "indicará"?
"indicadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,734 in our Spanish list, against #41,975 for "indicará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering indicadas vs indicará

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a participle, it's “indicadas”; for a verb, it's “indicará”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “indicadas” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list