mostradavsmostraráConfusable pair

Quick tell: mostrada is a participle, mostrará is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mostrada” is a participle and “mostrará” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,962
“mostrada” frequency rank
#18,024
“mostrará” frequency rank
42986
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mostrada mostrará
Definition Forma del femenino de mostrado, participio de mostrar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de mostrar.

Where the eye mixes mostrada and mostrará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mostrada and mostrará follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
mostrada
8 ch
mostrará

Visual trap between mostrada and mostrará

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mostrada is [mosˈt̪ɾað̞a] while mostrará is [most̪ɾaˈɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42986, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mostrada is recorded at frequency rank #24,962, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [mosˈt̪ɾað̞a]. mostrará is at rank #18,024, tagged as averb, pronounced [most̪ɾaˈɾa].

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 42986, this pair ranks #145,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mostrada vs mostrará

Shared letters: amorst. Private to "mostrada": d. Private to "mostrará": á.

"mostrada" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV  ·  "mostrará" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mostradammostrada · mosrtada · mosstrada · mostarda · mostraad · mostradda · mostrdaa · mostrrada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mostrada" for "mostrará" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mostrada" is a participle and "mostrará" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "mostrada" or "mostrará" show up more?
"mostrará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,024 in our Spanish list, against #24,962 for "mostrada". 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 "mostrada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mostrará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #145,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mostrada" and "mostrará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moscada vs mostrada". 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 #145,159 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