Which to use
“indicar” and “indicará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,315
- “indicar” frequency rank
- #41,975
- “indicará” frequency rank
- 48290
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indicar | indicará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Designar algún objeto. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de indicar. |
Where the eye mixes indicar and indicará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. indicar runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against indicará's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: indicar vs indicará
A purely visual mix-up. indicar ([ĩn̪d̪iˈkaɾ]) and indicará ([ĩn̪d̪ikaˈɾa]) 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 extra letter(s) - “indicar” sits inside “indicará”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48290, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indicar is recorded at frequency rank #6,315, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪d̪iˈkaɾ]. 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 48290, this pair ranks #115,295 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of indicar vs indicará
Shared letters: acdinr. Private to "indicar": -. Private to "indicará": á.
"indicar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "indicará" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- indicar ← idnicar · indciar · inddicar · indiacr · indicarr · indiccar · indicra · inidcar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "indicar" for "indicará" ever safe?
Frequency check: "indicar" vs "indicará" - which ranks higher?
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 "indicar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indicará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #115,295 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indicar" and "indicará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indicará vs Indira". 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 #115,295 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.