Which to use
“provocará” and “provocaron” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,132
- “provocará” frequency rank
- #14,681
- “provocaron” frequency rank
- 42813
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | provocará | provocaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de provocar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de provocar. |
Where the eye mixes provocará and provocaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. provocará runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVCV) against provocaron's 10 (CCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses provocará with provocaron
A purely visual mix-up. provocará ([pɾoβ̞okaˈɾa]) and provocaron ([pɾoβ̞oˈkaɾõn]) 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 42813, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
provocará is recorded at frequency rank #28,132, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾoβ̞okaˈɾa]. provocaron is at rank #14,681, tagged as averb, pronounced [pɾoβ̞oˈkaɾõn].
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 42813, this pair ranks #146,152 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of provocará vs provocaron
Shared letters: acoprv. Private to "provocará": á. Private to "provocaron": n.
"provocará" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV · "provocaron" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- provocaron ← porvocaron · pprovocaron · probocaron · proovcaron · provcoaron · provoacron · provocaorn · provocarno
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "provocará" for "provocaron" ever safe?
Which is more common, "provocará" or "provocaron"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "provocará" and "provocaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "provocará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "provocaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #146,152 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "provocará" and "provocaron" 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 #146,152 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.