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“preguntan” and “preguntará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,640
- “preguntan” frequency rank
- #36,222
- “preguntará” frequency rank
- 40862
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | preguntan | preguntará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de preguntar o de preguntarse. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de preguntar. |
Where the eye mixes preguntan and preguntará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. preguntan runs 9 letters (CCVCVCCVC) against preguntará's 10 (CCVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: preguntan vs preguntará
A purely visual mix-up. preguntan ([pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪ãn]) and preguntará ([pɾeɣ̞ũn̪t̪aˈɾa]) 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 40862, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
preguntan is recorded at frequency rank #4,640, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪ãn]. preguntará is at rank #36,222, tagged as averb, pronounced [pɾeɣ̞ũn̪t̪aˈɾa].
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 40862, this pair ranks #156,795 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of preguntan vs preguntará
Shared letters: aegnprtu. Private to "preguntan": -. Private to "preguntará": á.
"preguntan" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC · "preguntará" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- preguntan ← perguntan · ppreguntan · pregguntan · pregnutan · pregunatn · pregunntan · preguntann · preguntna
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "preguntan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "preguntará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #156,795 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "preguntan" and "preguntará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "preguntará vs preguntarán". 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 #156,795 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.