Which to use
“quimera” is a noun and “quitará” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,532
- “quimera” frequency rank
- #32,835
- “quitará” frequency rank
- 61367
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quimera | quitará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Animal fantástico con cabeza de león, cuerpo de cabra y cola de dragón, y que según la fábula vomitaba llamas. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de quitar o de quitarse. |
Where the eye mixes quimera and quitará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. quimera and quitará follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between quimera and quitará
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: quimera is [kiˈmeɾa] while quitará is [kit̪aˈɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61367, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quimera is recorded at frequency rank #28,532, classified as anoun, pronounced [kiˈmeɾa]. 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 61367, this pair ranks #55,691 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of quimera vs quitará
Shared letters: aiqru. Private to "quimera": em. Private to "quitará": tá.
"quimera" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "quitará" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- quimera ← qiumera · qquimera · quiemra · quimear · quimerra · quimmera · quimrea · qumiera
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "quimera" and "quitará" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "quimera" vs "quitará" - which ranks higher?
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 "quimera" 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 #55,691 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quimera" 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 #55,691 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.