mejoravsmejoraráWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: mejora is a noun, mejorará is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mejora” is a noun and “mejorará” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,062
“mejora” frequency rank
#20,741
“mejorará” frequency rank
23803
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mejora mejorará
Definition Acción o efecto de mejorar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de mejorar.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set mejora and mejorará apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
mejora
8 ch
mejorará

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mejora is [meˈxoɾa] while mejorará is [mexoɾaˈɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “mejora” sits inside “mejorará”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23803, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mejora is recorded at frequency rank #3,062, classified as anoun, pronounced [meˈxoɾa]. mejorará is at rank #20,741, tagged as averb, pronounced [mexoɾaˈɾa].

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 23803, this pair ranks #244,084 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mejora vs mejorará

Shared letters: aejmor. Private to "mejora": -. Private to "mejorará": á.

"mejora" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "mejorará" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mejoraemjora · mejjora · mejoar · mejroa · meojra · mjeora · mmejora

Frequency comparison

mejora#3,062
mejorará#20,741

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mejora" and "mejorará" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mejora" is a noun and "mejorará" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mejora" or "mejorará"?
"mejora" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,062 in our Spanish list, against #20,741 for "mejorará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering mejora vs mejorará

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “mejora”; for a verb, it's “mejorará”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “mejora” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list