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.
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?
Which is more common, "sentar" or "sentará"?
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.