recordarvsrecordaráConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#1,528
“recordar” frequency rank
#21,128
“recordará” frequency rank
22656
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recordar recordará
Definition Traer a la memoria. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de recordar.

Where the eye mixes recordar and recordará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
recordar
9 ch
recordará

Why the eye confuses recordar with recordará

A purely visual mix-up. recordar ([rekoɾˈð̞aɾ]) and recordará ([rekoɾð̞aˈɾa]) 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) - “recordar” sits inside “recordará”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22656, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recordar is recorded at frequency rank #1,528, classified as averb, pronounced [rekoɾˈð̞aɾ]. recordará is at rank #21,128, tagged as averb, pronounced [rekoɾð̞aˈɾa].

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 22656, this pair ranks #249,330 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of recordar vs recordará

Shared letters: acdeor. Private to "recordar": -. Private to "recordará": á.

"recordar" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "recordará" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recordarercordar · rceordar · reccordar · recodrar · recoradr · recordarr · recorddar · recordra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "recordar" and "recordará" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([rekoɾˈð̞aɾ] versus [rekoɾð̞aˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "recordar" vs "recordará" - which ranks higher?
"recordar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,528 in our Spanish list, against #21,128 for "recordará". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "recordar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recordará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #249,330 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recordar" and "recordará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recordadas vs recordará". 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 #249,330 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