rendirávsrendirseWhich spelling fits?

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

#41,604
“rendirá” frequency rank
#13,338
“rendirse” frequency rank
54942
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rendirá rendirse
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de rendir o de rendirse. Dejar de luchar o de esforzarse, darse por vencido, tirar la toalla.

Where the eye mixes rendirá and rendirse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. rendirá runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against rendirse's 8 (CVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
rendirá
8 ch
rendirse

Visual trap between rendirá and rendirse

A purely visual mix-up. rendirá ([rẽn̪d̪iˈɾa]) and rendirse ([rẽn̪ˈd̪iɾse]) 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 54942, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rendirá is recorded at frequency rank #41,604, classified as averb, pronounced [rẽn̪d̪iˈɾa]. rendirse is at rank #13,338, tagged as averb, pronounced [rẽn̪ˈd̪iɾse].

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 54942, this pair ranks #81,099 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rendirá vs rendirse

Shared letters: deinr. Private to "rendirá": á. Private to "rendirse": s.

"rendirá" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "rendirse" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rendirse ← erndirse · rednirse · renddirse · rendirce · rendires · rendirrse · rendirsse · rendisre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rendirá" and "rendirse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([rẽn̪d̪iˈɾa] versus [rẽn̪ˈd̪iɾse]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "rendirá" or "rendirse" show up more?
"rendirse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,338 in our Spanish list, against #41,604 for "rendirá". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "rendirá" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rendirse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #81,099 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rendirá" and "rendirse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rendí vs rendirá". 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 #81,099 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