regresarávsregresaréTell them apart

Which to use

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

#20,798
“regresará” frequency rank
#47,373
“regresaré” frequency rank
68171
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regresará regresaré
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de regresar o de regresarse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del futuro de indicativo de regresar o de regresarse.

Where the eye mixes regresará and regresaré

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

9 ch
regresará
9 ch
regresaré

Why the eye confuses regresará with regresaré

A purely visual mix-up. regresará ([reɣ̞ɾesaˈɾa]) and regresaré ([reɣ̞ɾesaˈɾe]) 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 a single letter - á in “regresará” becomes é in “regresaré”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68171, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regresará is recorded at frequency rank #20,798, classified as averb, pronounced [reɣ̞ɾesaˈɾa]. regresaré is at rank #47,373, tagged as averb, pronounced [reɣ̞ɾesaˈɾe].

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 68171, this pair ranks #35,199 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of regresará vs regresaré

Shared letters: aegrs. Private to "regresará": á. Private to "regresaré": é.

"regresará" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "regresaré" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "regresará" for "regresaré" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([reɣ̞ɾesaˈɾa] versus [reɣ̞ɾesaˈɾe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "regresará" or "regresaré"?
"regresará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,798 in our Spanish list, against #47,373 for "regresaré". 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 "regresará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "regresaré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,199 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regresará" and "regresaré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regresarán vs regresaré". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #35,199 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