Which to use
“quitar” and “quitará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,731
- “quitar” frequency rank
- #32,835
- “quitará” frequency rank
- 36566
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quitar | quitará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Apartar algo de su poseedor. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de quitar o de quitarse. |
Where the eye mixes quitar and quitará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. quitar runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against quitará's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: quitar vs quitará
A purely visual mix-up. quitar ([kiˈt̪aɾ]) 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “quitar” sits inside “quitará”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36566, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quitar is recorded at frequency rank #3,731, classified as averb, pronounced [kiˈt̪aɾ]. 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 36566, this pair ranks #179,961 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quitar vs quitará
Shared letters: aiqrtu. Private to "quitar": -. Private to "quitará": á.
"quitar" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "quitará" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- quitar ← qiutar · qquitar · quiatr · quitarr · quitra · quittar · qutiar · uqitar
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quitar" and "quitará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "quitar" vs "quitará" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "quitar" 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 #179,961 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quitar" 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 #179,961 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.