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

#20,411
“levantaba” frequency rank
#30,132
“levantará” frequency rank
50543
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature levantaba levantará
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de levantar o de levantarse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de levantar o de levantarse.

Where the eye mixes levantaba and levantará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
levantaba
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levantará

Visual trap between levantaba and levantará

A purely visual mix-up. levantaba ([leβ̞ãn̪ˈt̪aβ̞a]) and levantará ([leβ̞ãn̪t̪aˈɾa]) 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 50543, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

levantaba is recorded at frequency rank #20,411, classified as averb, pronounced [leβ̞ãn̪ˈt̪aβ̞a]. levantará is at rank #30,132, tagged as averb, pronounced [leβ̞ãn̪t̪aˈɾa].

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 50543, this pair ranks #102,650 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of levantaba vs levantará

Shared letters: aelntv. Private to "levantaba": b. Private to "levantará": .

"levantaba" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "levantará" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • levantabaelvantaba · leavntaba · lebantaba · levanatba · levanntaba · levantaab · levantabba · levantava

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "levantaba" and "levantará" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([leβ̞ãn̪ˈt̪aβ̞a] versus [leβ̞ãn̪t̪aˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "levantaba" or "levantará" show up more?
"levantaba" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,411 in our Spanish list, against #30,132 for "levantará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "levantaba" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "levantará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #102,650 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "levantaba" and "levantará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "levantaban vs levantará". 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 #102,650 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