quedaravsquitaráConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#8,857
“quedara” frequency rank
#32,835
“quitará” frequency rank
41692
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature quedara quitará
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de quedar o de quedarse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de quitar o de quitarse.

Where the eye mixes quedara and quitará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. quedara and quitará follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
quedara
7 ch
quitará

Look-alike desk: quedara vs quitará

A purely visual mix-up. quedara ([keˈð̞aɾa]) and quitará ([kit̪aˈɾa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41692, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

quedara is recorded at frequency rank #8,857, classified as averb, pronounced [keˈð̞aɾa]. quitará is at rank #32,835, tagged as averb, pronounced [kit̪aˈɾa].

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 41692, this pair ranks #152,258 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of quedara vs quitará

Shared letters: aqru. Private to "quedara": de. Private to "quitará": itá.

"quedara" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "quitará" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quedara ← qeudara · qquedara · qudeara · queadra · quedaar · quedarra · queddara · quedraa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "quedara" and "quitará" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([keˈð̞aɾa] versus [kit̪aˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "quedara" or "quitará"?
"quedara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,857 in our Spanish list, against #32,835 for "quitará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "quedara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "quitará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #152,258 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "quedara" and "quitará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quitaban vs quitará". 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 #152,258 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