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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.

8 ch
obligará
9 ch
obligaron

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

  • obligaronboligaron · obbligaron · obilgaron · oblgiaron · obliagron · obligaorn · obligarno · obligaronn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "obligará" and "obligaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([oβ̞liɣ̞aˈɾa] versus [oβ̞liˈɣ̞aɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "obligará" vs "obligaron" - which ranks higher?
"obligaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,432 in our Spanish list, against #29,763 for "obligará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list