Which to use
“obligará” and “obligaron” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,763
- “obligará” frequency rank
- #12,432
- “obligaron” frequency rank
- 42195
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | obligará | obligaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de obligar o de obligarse. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de obligar o de obligarse. |
Where the eye mixes obligará and obligaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: obligará vs obligaron
A purely visual mix-up. obligará ([oβ̞liɣ̞aˈɾa]) and obligaron ([oβ̞liˈɣ̞aɾõn]) 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 42195, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
obligará is recorded at frequency rank #29,763, classified as averb, pronounced [oβ̞liɣ̞aˈɾa]. obligaron is at rank #12,432, tagged as averb, pronounced [oβ̞liˈɣ̞aɾõn].
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 42195, this pair ranks #149,595 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of obligará vs obligaron
Shared letters: abgilor. Private to "obligará": á. Private to "obligaron": n.
"obligará" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "obligaron" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- obligaron ← boligaron · obbligaron · obilgaron · oblgiaron · obliagron · obligaorn · obligarno · obligaronn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "obligará" and "obligaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "obligará" vs "obligaron" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "obligará" and "obligaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "obligará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "obligaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #149,595 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "obligará" and "obligaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "obligará vs obligaría". 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 #149,595 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.