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

#4,038
“renunciar” frequency rank
#42,663
“renunciara” frequency rank
46701
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature renunciar renunciara
Definition Dejar voluntariamente algo que se posee o a lo que se tiene derecho. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de renunciar.

Where the eye mixes renunciar and renunciara

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

9 ch
renunciar
10 ch
renunciara

Visual trap between renunciar and renunciara

A purely visual mix-up. renunciar ([renũnˈsjaɾ]) and renunciara ([renũnˈsjaɾa]) 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 extra letter(s) - “renunciar” sits inside “renunciara”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46701, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

renunciar is recorded at frequency rank #4,038, classified as averb, pronounced [renũnˈsjaɾ]. 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 46701, this pair ranks #124,263 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of renunciar vs renunciara

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

"renunciar" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC  ·  "renunciara" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • renunciar ← ernunciar · rennuciar · rennunciar · renucniar · renuncair · renuncciar · renunciarr · renuncira
  • renunciara ← ernunciara · rennuciara · rennunciara · renucniara · renuncaira · renuncciara · renunciaar · renunciarra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "renunciar" and "renunciara" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([renũnˈsjaɾ] versus [renũnˈsjaɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "renunciar" vs "renunciara" - which ranks higher?
"renunciar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,038 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.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "renunciar" 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 #124,263 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "renunciar" 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 #124,263 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