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Which to use

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

#45,382
“indicaría” frequency rank
#19,144
“indicaron” frequency rank
64526
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature indicaría indicaron
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del condicional de indicar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de indicar.

Where the eye mixes indicaría and indicaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. indicaría (VCCVCVCVV) and indicaron (VCCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
indicaría
9 ch
indicaron

Why the eye confuses indicaría with indicaron

A purely visual mix-up. indicaría ([ĩn̪d̪ikaˈɾia]) and indicaron ([ĩn̪d̪iˈkaɾõn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64526, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

indicaría is recorded at frequency rank #45,382, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪d̪ikaˈɾia]. indicaron is at rank #19,144, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪d̪iˈkaɾõn].

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 64526, this pair ranks #45,322 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of indicaría vs indicaron

Shared letters: acdinr. Private to "indicaría": í. Private to "indicaron": o.

"indicaría" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVV  ·  "indicaron" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • indicaron ← idnicaron · indciaron · inddicaron · indiacron · indicaorn · indicarno · indicaronn · indicarron

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "indicaría" and "indicaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ĩn̪d̪ikaˈɾia] versus [ĩn̪d̪iˈkaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "indicaría" or "indicaron" show up more?
"indicaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,144 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 "indicaría" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "indicaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,322 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "indicaría" and "indicaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indicaría vs iniciaría". 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 #45,322 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