Which to use
“sentará” and “sentaron” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,076
- “sentará” frequency rank
- #24,650
- “sentaron” frequency rank
- 72726
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sentará | sentaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de sentar o de sentarse. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de sentar o de sentarse. |
Where the eye mixes sentará and sentaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: sentará vs sentaron
A purely visual mix-up. sentará ([sẽn̪t̪aˈɾa]) and sentaron ([sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾõn]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72726, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sentará is recorded at frequency rank #48,076, classified as averb, pronounced [sẽn̪t̪aˈɾa]. sentaron is at rank #24,650, tagged as averb, pronounced [sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾõn].
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 72726, this pair ranks #24,785 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sentará vs sentaron
Shared letters: aenrst. Private to "sentará": á. Private to "sentaron": o.
"sentará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "sentaron" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sentaron ← centaron · esntaron · senatron · senntaron · sentaorn · sentarno · sentaronn · sentarron
Frequently Asked Questions
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- Full dictionary entry for "sentará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sentaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,785 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sentará" and "sentaron" 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 #24,785 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.