Which to use
“limitaban” and “limitará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,540
- “limitaban” frequency rank
- #43,684
- “limitará” frequency rank
- 86224
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | limitaban | limitará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de limitar. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de limitar o de limitarse. |
Where the eye mixes limitaban and limitará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. limitaban runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVC) against limitará's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses limitaban with limitará
A purely visual mix-up. limitaban ([limiˈt̪aβ̞ãn]) and limitará ([limit̪aˈɾa]) 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 86224, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
limitaban is recorded at frequency rank #42,540, classified as averb, pronounced [limiˈt̪aβ̞ãn]. limitará is at rank #43,684, tagged as averb, pronounced [limit̪aˈɾa].
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 86224, this pair ranks #5,459 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of limitaban vs limitará
Shared letters: ailmt. Private to "limitaban": bn. Private to "limitará": rá.
"limitaban" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "limitará" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- limitaban ← ilmitaban · liimtaban · limiatban · limitaabn · limitabann · limitabban · limitabna · limitavan
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "limitaban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "limitará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,459 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "limitaban" and "limitará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "limitará vs limitaron". 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 #5,459 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.