recuperarávsrecuperarseWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#36,789
“recuperará” frequency rank
#13,336
“recuperarse” frequency rank
50125
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recuperará recuperarse
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de recuperar o de recuperarse. Volver en sí de la enajenación del ánimo o de los sentidos, o de un accidente o enfermedad.

Where the eye mixes recuperará and recuperarse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. recuperará runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVCV) against recuperarse's 11 (CVCVCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
recuperará
11 ch
recuperarse

Look-alike desk: recuperará vs recuperarse

A purely visual mix-up. recuperará ([rekupeɾaˈɾa]) and recuperarse ([rekupeˈɾaɾse]) 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 50125, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recuperará is recorded at frequency rank #36,789, classified as averb, pronounced [rekupeɾaˈɾa]. recuperarse is at rank #13,336, tagged as averb, pronounced [rekupeˈɾaɾse].

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 50125, this pair ranks #104,947 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recuperará vs recuperarse

Shared letters: acepru. Private to "recuperará": á. Private to "recuperarse": s.

"recuperará" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV  ·  "recuperarse" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recuperarseercuperarse · rceuperarse · reccuperarse · recpuerarse · recueprarse · recupearrse · recuperarce · recuperares

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "recuperará" for "recuperarse" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([rekupeɾaˈɾa] versus [rekupeˈɾaɾse]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "recuperará" vs "recuperarse" - which ranks higher?
"recuperarse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,336 in our Spanish list, against #36,789 for "recuperará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "recuperará" and "recuperarse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recuperará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recuperarse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #104,947 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recuperará" and "recuperarse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recuperadas vs recuperará". 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 #104,947 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