Which to use
“provocan” and “provocará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,913
- “provocan” frequency rank
- #28,132
- “provocará” frequency rank
- 39045
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | provocan | provocará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de provocar. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de provocar. |
Where the eye mixes provocan and provocará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. provocan runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVC) against provocará's 9 (CCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: provocan vs provocará
A purely visual mix-up. provocan ([pɾoˈβ̞okãn]) and provocará ([pɾoβ̞okaˈɾa]) 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 39045, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
provocan is recorded at frequency rank #10,913, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾoˈβ̞okãn]. provocará is at rank #28,132, tagged as averb, pronounced [pɾoβ̞okaˈɾa].
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 39045, this pair ranks #166,695 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of provocan vs provocará
Shared letters: acoprv. Private to "provocan": n. Private to "provocará": á.
"provocan" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "provocará" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- provocan ← porvocan · pprovocan · probocan · proovcan · provcoan · provoacn · provocann · provoccan
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "provocan" and "provocará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "provocan" or "provocará"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "provocan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "provocará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #166,695 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "provocan" and "provocará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "provocaba vs provocará". 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 #166,695 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.