realizabanvsrealizaráWhich spelling fits?

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

#19,230
“realizaban” frequency rank
#8,861
“realizará” frequency rank
28091
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature realizaban realizará
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de realizar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de realizar.

Where the eye mixes realizaban and realizará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. realizaban runs 10 letters (CVVCVCVCVC) against realizará's 9 (CVVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
realizaban
9 ch
realizará

Why the eye confuses realizaban with realizará

A purely visual mix-up. realizaban ([realiˈsaβ̞ãn]) and realizará ([realisaˈɾa]) 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 28091, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

realizaban is recorded at frequency rank #19,230, classified as averb, pronounced [realiˈsaβ̞ãn]. realizará is at rank #8,861, tagged as averb, pronounced [realisaˈɾa].

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 28091, this pair ranks #223,683 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of realizaban vs realizará

Shared letters: aeilrz. Private to "realizaban": bn. Private to "realizará": á.

"realizaban" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVC  ·  "realizará" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • realizaban ← eralizaban · raelizaban · reailzaban · realiazban · realizaabn · realizabann · realizabban · realizabna

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "realizaban" and "realizará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([realiˈsaβ̞ãn] versus [realisaˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "realizaban" vs "realizará" - which ranks higher?
"realizará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,861 in our Spanish list, against #19,230 for "realizaban". 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 "realizaban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "realizará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #223,683 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "realizaban" and "realizará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "realizará vs realzar". 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 #223,683 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