quitarávsquitaranWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#32,835
“quitará” frequency rank
#38,332
“quitaran” frequency rank
71167
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature quitará quitaran
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de quitar o de quitarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de quitar o de quitarse.

Where the eye mixes quitará and quitaran

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. quitará runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against quitaran's 8 (CVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
quitará
8 ch
quitaran

Look-alike desk: quitará vs quitaran

A purely visual mix-up. quitará ([kit̪aˈɾa]) and quitaran ([kiˈt̪aɾãn]) 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 71167, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

quitará is recorded at frequency rank #32,835, classified as averb, pronounced [kit̪aˈɾa]. quitaran is at rank #38,332, tagged as averb, pronounced [kiˈt̪aɾãn].

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 71167, this pair ranks #28,080 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of quitará vs quitaran

Shared letters: aiqrtu. Private to "quitará": á. Private to "quitaran": n.

"quitará" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "quitaran" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quitaran ← qiutaran · qquitaran · quiatran · quitaarn · quitarann · quitarna · quitarran · quitraan

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "quitará" and "quitaran" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kit̪aˈɾa] versus [kiˈt̪aɾãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "quitará" or "quitaran"?
"quitará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,835 in our Spanish list, against #38,332 for "quitaran". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "quitará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "quitaran" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,080 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "quitará" and "quitaran" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quitaban vs quitaran". 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 #28,080 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