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

#18,702
“tocará” frequency rank
#14,025
“tomaría” frequency rank
32727
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tocará tomaría
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de tocar. Primera persona del singular (yo) del condicional de tomar o de tomarse.

Where the eye mixes tocará and tomaría

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
tocará
7 ch
tomaría

Visual trap between tocará and tomaría

A purely visual mix-up. tocará ([t̪okaˈɾa]) and tomaría ([t̪omaˈɾia]) 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 32727, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tocará is recorded at frequency rank #18,702, classified as averb, pronounced [t̪okaˈɾa]. tomaría is at rank #14,025, tagged as averb, pronounced [t̪omaˈɾia].

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 32727, this pair ranks #200,511 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tocará vs tomaría

Shared letters: aort. Private to "tocará": . Private to "tomaría": .

"tocará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "tomaría" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tocará" and "tomaría" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([t̪okaˈɾa] versus [t̪omaˈɾia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "tocará" or "tomaría"?
"tomaría" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,025 in our Spanish list, against #18,702 for "tocará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "tocará" and "tomaría" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tocará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tomaría" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #200,511 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tocará" and "tomaría" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tiara vs tocará". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #200,511 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