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Which to use

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

#3,933
“lanzado” frequency rank
#23,118
“lanzará” frequency rank
27051
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lanzado lanzará
Definition Participio de lanzar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de lanzar o de lanzarse.

Where the eye mixes lanzado and lanzará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. lanzado and lanzará follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
lanzado
7 ch
lanzará

Look-alike desk: lanzado vs lanzará

A purely visual mix-up. lanzado ([lãnˈsað̞o]) and lanzará ([lãnsaˈɾa]) 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 27051, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lanzado is recorded at frequency rank #3,933, classified as averb, pronounced [lãnˈsað̞o]. lanzará is at rank #23,118, tagged as averb, pronounced [lãnsaˈɾa].

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 27051, this pair ranks #228,684 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lanzado vs lanzará

Shared letters: alnz. Private to "lanzado": do. Private to "lanzará": rá.

"lanzado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "lanzará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lanzado ← alnzado · lanazdo · lannzado · lanzaddo · lanzaod · lanzdao · lanzzado · laznado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lanzado" for "lanzará" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([lãnˈsað̞o] versus [lãnsaˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "lanzado" vs "lanzará" - which ranks higher?
"lanzado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,933 in our Spanish list, against #23,118 for "lanzará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lanzado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lanzará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #228,684 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lanzado" and "lanzará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lanzadera vs lanzará". 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 #228,684 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