lanzarávslanzaronTell them apart

Which to use

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

#23,118
“lanzará” frequency rank
#9,317
“lanzaron” frequency rank
32435
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lanzará lanzaron
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de lanzar o de lanzarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de lanzar o de lanzarse.

Where the eye mixes lanzará and lanzaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. lanzará runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against lanzaron's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
lanzará
8 ch
lanzaron

Visual trap between lanzará and lanzaron

A purely visual mix-up. lanzará ([lãnsaˈɾa]) and lanzaron ([lãnˈsaɾõn]) 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 32435, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lanzará is recorded at frequency rank #23,118, classified as averb, pronounced [lãnsaˈɾa]. lanzaron is at rank #9,317, tagged as averb, pronounced [lãnˈsaɾõn].

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 32435, this pair ranks #201,978 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lanzará vs lanzaron

Shared letters: alnrz. Private to "lanzará": á. Private to "lanzaron": o.

"lanzará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "lanzaron" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lanzaron ← alnzaron · lanazron · lannzaron · lanzaorn · lanzarno · lanzaronn · lanzarron · lanzraon

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lanzará" for "lanzaron" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([lãnsaˈɾa] versus [lãnˈsaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "lanzará" or "lanzaron"?
"lanzaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,317 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.

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 "lanzará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lanzaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #201,978 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lanzará" and "lanzaron" 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 #201,978 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