Which to use
“notan” and “notará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,499
- “notan” frequency rank
- #36,710
- “notará” frequency rank
- 54209
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | notan | notará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de notar. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de notar. |
Where the eye mixes notan and notará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. notan runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against notará's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: notan vs notará
A purely visual mix-up. notan ([ˈnot̪ãn]) and notará ([not̪aˈɾa]) 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 54209, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
notan is recorded at frequency rank #17,499, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈnot̪ãn]. notará is at rank #36,710, tagged as averb, pronounced [not̪aˈɾa].
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 54209, this pair ranks #84,332 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of notan vs notará
Shared letters: anot. Private to "notan": -. Private to "notará": rá.
"notan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "notará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- notan ← nnotan · noatn · notann · notna · nottan · ntoan · ontan
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "notan" and "notará" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "notan" or "notará" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "notan" and "notará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "notan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "notará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #84,332 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "notan" and "notará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "negará vs notará". 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 #84,332 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.