renunciavsrenunciaraTell them apart

Quick tell: renuncia is a noun, renunciara is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“renuncia” is a noun and “renunciara” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,359
“renuncia” frequency rank
#42,663
“renunciara” frequency rank
46022
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature renuncia renunciara
Definition Acción o efecto de renunciar. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de renunciar.

Where the eye mixes renuncia and renunciara

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. renuncia runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against renunciara's 10 (CVCVCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
renuncia
10 ch
renunciara

Look-alike desk: renuncia vs renunciara

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: renuncia is [reˈnũnsja] while renunciara is [renũnˈsjaɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “renuncia” sits inside “renunciara”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46022, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

renuncia is recorded at frequency rank #3,359, classified as anoun, pronounced [reˈnũnsja]. renunciara is at rank #42,663, tagged as averb, pronounced [renũnˈsjaɾa].

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 46022, this pair ranks #128,137 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of renuncia vs renunciara

Shared letters: aceinru. Private to "renuncia": -. Private to "renunciara": -.

"renuncia" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "renunciara" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • renuncia ← ernuncia · rennucia · rennuncia · renucnia · renuncai · renunccia · renunica · renunncia
  • renunciara ← ernunciara · rennuciara · rennunciara · renucniara · renuncaira · renuncciara · renunciaar · renunciarra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "renuncia" and "renunciara" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "renuncia" is a noun and "renunciara" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "renuncia" vs "renunciara" - which ranks higher?
"renuncia" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,359 in our Spanish list, against #42,663 for "renunciara". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "renuncia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "renunciara" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #128,137 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "renuncia" and "renunciara" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renunciara vs renunciaría". 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 #128,137 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