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

#13,785
“resultaba” frequency rank
#16,202
“resultará” frequency rank
29987
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature resultaba resultará
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de resultar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de resultar.

Where the eye mixes resultaba and resultará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. resultaba and resultará follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
resultaba
9 ch
resultará

Why the eye confuses resultaba with resultará

A purely visual mix-up. resultaba ([resul̪ˈt̪aβ̞a]) and resultará ([resul̪t̪aˈɾa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29987, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

resultaba is recorded at frequency rank #13,785, classified as averb, pronounced [resul̪ˈt̪aβ̞a]. resultará is at rank #16,202, tagged as averb, pronounced [resul̪t̪aˈɾa].

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 29987, this pair ranks #214,230 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of resultaba vs resultará

Shared letters: aelrstu. Private to "resultaba": b. Private to "resultará": á.

"resultaba" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "resultará" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • resultaba ← ersultaba · reslutaba · ressultaba · resulatba · resulltaba · resultaab · resultabba · resultava

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "resultaba" and "resultará" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([resul̪ˈt̪aβ̞a] versus [resul̪t̪aˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "resultaba" or "resultará"?
"resultaba" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,785 in our Spanish list, against #16,202 for "resultará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "resultaba" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "resultará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #214,230 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "resultaba" and "resultará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "resultará vs resultarán". 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 #214,230 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