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“olvidar” and “olvidarás” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,516
“olvidar” frequency rank
#43,752
“olvidarás” frequency rank
46268
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature olvidar olvidarás
Definition Perder el recuerdo o la memoria de algo. Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del futuro de indicativo de olvidar o de olvidarse.

Where the eye mixes olvidar and olvidarás

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

7 ch
olvidar
9 ch
olvidarás

Look-alike desk: olvidar vs olvidarás

A purely visual mix-up. olvidar ([olβ̞iˈð̞aɾ]) and olvidarás ([olβ̞ið̞aˈɾas]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “olvidar” sits inside “olvidarás”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46268, 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]. olvidarás is at rank #43,752, tagged as averb, pronounced [olβ̞ið̞aˈɾas].

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 46268, this pair ranks #126,716 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of olvidar vs olvidarás

Shared letters: adilorv. Private to "olvidar": -. Private to "olvidarás": .

"olvidar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "olvidarás" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • olvidarlovidar · olbidar · olivdar · ollvidar · olvdiar · olviadr · olvidarr · olviddar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "olvidar" for "olvidarás" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([olβ̞iˈð̞aɾ] versus [olβ̞ið̞aˈɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "olvidar" vs "olvidarás" - which ranks higher?
"olvidar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,516 in our Spanish list, against #43,752 for "olvidarás". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "olvidar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "olvidarás" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #126,716 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "olvidar" and "olvidarás" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "olvidarás vs olvidaría". 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 #126,716 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