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

#11,499
“terminará” frequency rank
#46,841
“terminarse” frequency rank
58340
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature terminará terminarse
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de terminar o de terminarse. Llegar a su fin o terminación.

Where the eye mixes terminará and terminarse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
terminará
10 ch
terminarse

Why the eye confuses terminará with terminarse

A purely visual mix-up. terminará ([t̪eɾminaˈɾa]) and terminarse ([t̪eɾmiˈnaɾse]) 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 58340, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

terminará is recorded at frequency rank #11,499, classified as averb, pronounced [t̪eɾminaˈɾa]. terminarse is at rank #46,841, tagged as averb, pronounced [t̪eɾmiˈnaɾse].

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 58340, this pair ranks #66,821 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of terminará vs terminarse

Shared letters: aeimnrt. Private to "terminará": á. Private to "terminarse": s.

"terminará" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "terminarse" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • terminarseetrminarse · temrinarse · terimnarse · termianrse · terminarce · terminares · terminarrse · terminarsse

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "terminará" and "terminarse" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([t̪eɾminaˈɾa] versus [t̪eɾmiˈnaɾse]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "terminará" or "terminarse" show up more?
"terminará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,499 in our Spanish list, against #46,841 for "terminarse". 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 "terminará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "terminarse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,821 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "terminará" and "terminarse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "terminaré vs terminarse". 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 #66,821 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