quitarávsquitaronWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#32,835
“quitará” frequency rank
#11,119
“quitaron” frequency rank
43954
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature quitará quitaron
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 perfecto simple de indicativo de quitar o de quitarse.

Where the eye mixes quitará and quitaron

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

7 ch
quitará
8 ch
quitaron

Look-alike desk: quitará vs quitaron

A purely visual mix-up. quitará ([kit̪aˈɾa]) and quitaron ([kiˈt̪aɾõn]) 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 43954, 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]. quitaron is at rank #11,119, tagged as averb, pronounced [kiˈt̪aɾõn].

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 43954, this pair ranks #139,715 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of quitará vs quitaron

Shared letters: aiqrtu. Private to "quitará": á. Private to "quitaron": no.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quitaron ← qiutaron · qquitaron · quiatron · quitaorn · quitarno · quitaronn · quitarron · quitraon

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "quitará" for "quitaron" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kit̪aˈɾa] versus [kiˈt̪aɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "quitará" or "quitaron"?
"quitaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,119 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

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "quitará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "quitaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #139,715 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "quitará" and "quitaron" 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 #139,715 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