Which to use
“olvidar” and “olvidará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,516
- “olvidar” frequency rank
- #25,377
- “olvidará” frequency rank
- 27893
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | olvidar | olvidará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Perder el recuerdo o la memoria de algo. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de olvidar o de olvidarse. |
Where the eye mixes olvidar and olvidará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. olvidar runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against olvidará's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between olvidar and olvidará
A purely visual mix-up. olvidar ([olβ̞iˈð̞aɾ]) and olvidará ([olβ̞ið̞aˈɾa]) 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 extra letter(s) - “olvidar” sits inside “olvidará”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27893, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
olvidar is recorded at frequency rank #2,516, classified as averb, pronounced [olβ̞iˈð̞aɾ]. olvidará is at rank #25,377, tagged as averb, pronounced [olβ̞ið̞aˈɾa].
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 27893, this pair ranks #224,648 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of olvidar vs olvidará
Shared letters: adilorv. Private to "olvidar": -. Private to "olvidará": á.
"olvidar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "olvidará" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- olvidar ← lovidar · olbidar · olivdar · ollvidar · olvdiar · olviadr · olvidarr · olviddar
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "olvidar" and "olvidará" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "olvidar" vs "olvidará" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "olvidar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "olvidará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #224,648 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "olvidar" and "olvidará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "olvidará vs olvidarás". 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 #224,648 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.