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Which to use

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

#4,826
“proporcionar” frequency rank
#26,573
“proporcionará” frequency rank
31399
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature proporcionar proporcionará
Definition Dar a algo un orden o disposición en que sus partes se correspondan según su lugar y tamaño adecuados. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de proporcionar o de proporcionarse.

Where the eye mixes proporcionar and proporcionará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. proporcionar runs 12 letters (CCVCVCCVVCVC) against proporcionará's 13 (CCVCVCCVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
proporcionar
13 ch
proporcionará

Why the eye confuses proporcionar with proporcionará

A purely visual mix-up. proporcionar ([pɾopoɾsjoˈnaɾ]) and proporcionará ([pɾopoɾsjonaˈɾa]) 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) - “proporcionar” sits inside “proporcionará”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31399, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

proporcionar is recorded at frequency rank #4,826, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾopoɾsjoˈnaɾ]. proporcionará is at rank #26,573, tagged as averb, pronounced [pɾopoɾsjonaˈɾa].

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 31399, this pair ranks #207,260 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of proporcionar vs proporcionará

Shared letters: acinopr. Private to "proporcionar": -. Private to "proporcionará": á.

"proporcionar" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCVC  ·  "proporcionará" · 13 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • proporcionar ← porporcionar · pproporcionar · prooprcionar · propocrionar · proporccionar · proporcinoar · proporcioanr · proporcionarr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "proporcionar" and "proporcionará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([pɾopoɾsjoˈnaɾ] versus [pɾopoɾsjonaˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "proporcionar" vs "proporcionará" - which ranks higher?
"proporcionar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,826 in our Spanish list, against #26,573 for "proporcionará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "proporcionar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "proporcionará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #207,260 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "proporcionar" and "proporcionará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proporcionará vs proporcionaron". 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 #207,260 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