indicarávsindicaríaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#41,975
“indicará” frequency rank
#45,382
“indicaría” frequency rank
87357
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature indicará indicaría
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de indicar. Primera persona del singular (yo) del condicional de indicar.

Where the eye mixes indicará and indicaría

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. indicará runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against indicaría's 9 (VCCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
indicará
9 ch
indicaría

Look-alike desk: indicará vs indicaría

A purely visual mix-up. indicará ([ĩn̪d̪ikaˈɾa]) and indicaría ([ĩn̪d̪ikaˈɾia]) 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 87357, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

indicará is recorded at frequency rank #41,975, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪d̪ikaˈɾa]. indicaría is at rank #45,382, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪d̪ikaˈɾia].

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 87357, this pair ranks #4,571 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of indicará vs indicaría

Shared letters: acdinr. Private to "indicará": á. Private to "indicaría": í.

"indicará" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "indicaría" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "indicará" for "indicaría" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩn̪d̪ikaˈɾa] versus [ĩn̪d̪ikaˈɾia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "indicará" or "indicaría"?
"indicará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,975 in our Spanish list, against #45,382 for "indicaría". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "indicará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "indicaría" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,571 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "indicará" and "indicaría" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indicaría vs iniciaría". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #4,571 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