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

#28,422
“jugaría” frequency rank
#33,187
“jugarse” frequency rank
61609
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jugaría jugarse
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del condicional de jugar o de jugarse. Seguir un curso de acción en el que hay gran riesgo, especialmente de la integridad física.

Where the eye mixes jugaría and jugarse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. jugaría (CVCVCVV) and jugarse (CVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
jugaría
7 ch
jugarse

Look-alike desk: jugaría vs jugarse

A purely visual mix-up. jugaría ([xuɣ̞aˈɾia]) and jugarse ([xuˈɣ̞aɾse]) 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 61609, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jugaría is recorded at frequency rank #28,422, classified as averb, pronounced [xuɣ̞aˈɾia]. jugarse is at rank #33,187, tagged as averb, pronounced [xuˈɣ̞aɾse].

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 61609, this pair ranks #54,860 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of jugaría vs jugarse

Shared letters: agjru. Private to "jugaría": í. Private to "jugarse": es.

"jugaría" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "jugarse" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jugarse ← jguarse · jjugarse · juagrse · jugarce · jugares · jugarrse · jugarsse · jugasre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "jugaría" for "jugarse" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([xuɣ̞aˈɾia] versus [xuˈɣ̞aɾse]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "jugaría" or "jugarse"?
"jugaría" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,422 in our Spanish list, against #33,187 for "jugarse". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "jugaría" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jugarse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #54,860 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jugaría" and "jugarse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jugaría vs juraría". 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 #54,860 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