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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.

7 ch
sentará
8 ch
sentaron

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

  • sentaroncentaron · esntaron · senatron · senntaron · sentaorn · sentarno · sentaronn · sentarron

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sentará" for "sentaron" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([sẽn̪t̪aˈɾa] versus [sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "sentará" or "sentaron" show up more?
"sentaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,650 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

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list