Which to use
“prestar” and “prestará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,550
- “prestar” frequency rank
- #39,934
- “prestará” frequency rank
- 45484
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prestar | prestará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Entregar a uno dinero u otra cosa para que por algún tiempo tenga el uso de ella, con la obligación de restituir igual cantidad o la cosa misma. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de prestar o de prestarse. |
Where the eye mixes prestar and prestará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. prestar runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against prestará's 8 (CCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: prestar vs prestará
A purely visual mix-up. prestar ([pɾesˈt̪aɾ]) and prestará ([pɾest̪aˈɾa]) 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) - “prestar” sits inside “prestará”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45484, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prestar is recorded at frequency rank #5,550, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾesˈt̪aɾ]. prestará is at rank #39,934, tagged as averb, pronounced [pɾest̪aˈɾa].
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 45484, this pair ranks #131,196 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prestar vs prestará
Shared letters: aeprst. Private to "prestar": -. Private to "prestará": á.
"prestar" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "prestará" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- prestar ← perstar · pprestar · presatr · presstar · prestarr · prestra · presttar · pretsar
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prestar" and "prestará" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "prestar" or "prestará" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "prestar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prestará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,196 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prestar" and "prestará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prestará vs prestarse". 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 #131,196 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.