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Which to use

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

#10,573
“sentar” frequency rank
#48,076
“sentará” frequency rank
58649
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sentar sentará
Definition Hacer que alguien tome asiento, adquiera la posición en que el cuerpo descansa sobre los glúteos. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de sentar o de sentarse.

Where the eye mixes sentar and sentará

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

6 ch
sentar
7 ch
sentará

Visual trap between sentar and sentará

A purely visual mix-up. sentar ([sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]) and sentará ([sẽn̪t̪aˈɾa]) 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) - “sentar” sits inside “sentará”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58649, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sentar is recorded at frequency rank #10,573, classified as averb, pronounced [sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. sentará is at rank #48,076, tagged as averb, pronounced [sẽn̪t̪aˈɾa].

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 58649, this pair ranks #65,678 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sentar vs sentará

Shared letters: aenrst. Private to "sentar": -. Private to "sentará": á.

"sentar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "sentará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sentar ← esntar · senatr · senntar · sentarr · senttar · setnar · snetar · ssentar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sentar" and "sentará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ] versus [sẽn̪t̪aˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "sentar" or "sentará"?
"sentar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,573 in our Spanish list, against #48,076 for "sentará". 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 "sentar" and "sentará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sentar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sentará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #65,678 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sentar" and "sentará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sectaria vs sentará". 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 #65,678 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