regresarávsregresasConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#20,798
“regresará” frequency rank
#29,368
“regresas” frequency rank
50166
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regresará regresas
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de regresar o de regresarse. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de regresar o de regresarse.

Where the eye mixes regresará and regresas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. regresará runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against regresas's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
regresará
8 ch
regresas

Visual trap between regresará and regresas

A purely visual mix-up. regresará ([reɣ̞ɾesaˈɾa]) and regresas ([reˈɣ̞ɾesas]) 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 50166, 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]. regresas is at rank #29,368, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈɣ̞ɾesas].

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 50166, this pair ranks #104,710 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of regresará vs regresas

Shared letters: aegrs. Private to "regresará": á. Private to "regresas": -.

"regresará" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "regresas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regresasergresas · regersas · reggresas · regreass · regresass · regressas · regrresas · regrseas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "regresará" and "regresas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reɣ̞ɾesaˈɾa] versus [reˈɣ̞ɾesas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "regresará" vs "regresas" - which ranks higher?
"regresará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,798 in our Spanish list, against #29,368 for "regresas". 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 "regresará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "regresas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #104,710 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regresará" and "regresas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regresaré vs regresas". 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 #104,710 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