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Which to use

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

#36,222
“preguntará” frequency rank
#832
“preguntas” frequency rank
37054
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature preguntará preguntas
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de preguntar. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de preguntar.

Where the eye mixes preguntará and preguntas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. preguntará runs 10 letters (CCVCVCCVCV) against preguntas's 9 (CCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
preguntará
9 ch
preguntas

Why the eye confuses preguntará with preguntas

A purely visual mix-up. preguntará ([pɾeɣ̞ũn̪t̪aˈɾa]) and preguntas ([pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪as]) 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 37054, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

preguntará is recorded at frequency rank #36,222, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾeɣ̞ũn̪t̪aˈɾa]. preguntas is at rank #832, tagged as averb, pronounced [pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪as].

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 37054, this pair ranks #177,350 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of preguntará vs preguntas

Shared letters: aegnprtu. Private to "preguntará": á. Private to "preguntas": s.

"preguntará" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCV  ·  "preguntas" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • preguntas ← perguntas · ppreguntas · pregguntas · pregnutas · pregunats · pregunntas · preguntass · preguntsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "preguntará" for "preguntas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([pɾeɣ̞ũn̪t̪aˈɾa] versus [pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "preguntará" vs "preguntas" - which ranks higher?
"preguntas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #832 in our Spanish list, against #36,222 for "preguntará". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "preguntará" and "preguntas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "preguntará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "preguntas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #177,350 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "preguntará" and "preguntas" 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 #177,350 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