Which to use
“limitan” and “limitará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,854
- “limitan” frequency rank
- #43,684
- “limitará” frequency rank
- 56538
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | limitan | limitará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de limitar o de limitarse. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de limitar o de limitarse. |
Where the eye mixes limitan and limitará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. limitan runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against limitará's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: limitan vs limitará
A purely visual mix-up. limitan ([liˈmit̪ãn]) 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 56538, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
limitan is recorded at frequency rank #12,854, classified as averb, pronounced [liˈmit̪ãn]. 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 56538, this pair ranks #74,206 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of limitan vs limitará
Shared letters: ailmt. Private to "limitan": n. Private to "limitará": rá.
"limitan" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "limitará" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- limitan ← ilmitan · liimtan · limiatn · limitann · limitna · limittan · limmitan · limtian
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "limitan" for "limitará" ever safe?
Frequency check: "limitan" vs "limitará" - which ranks higher?
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 "limitan" 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 #74,206 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "limitan" and "limitará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "limitaban vs limitará". 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 #74,206 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.