Which to use
“tomar” and “tomará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #440
- “tomar” frequency rank
- #9,048
- “tomará” frequency rank
- 9488
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tomar | tomará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coger alguna cosa con la mano. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de tomar o de tomarse. |
Where the eye mixes tomar and tomará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: tomar vs tomará
A purely visual mix-up. tomar ([t̪oˈmaɾ]) and tomará ([t̪omaˈɾa]) 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) - “tomar” sits inside “tomará”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9488, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tomar is recorded at frequency rank #440, classified as averb, pronounced [t̪oˈmaɾ]. tomará is at rank #9,048, tagged as averb, pronounced [t̪omaˈɾa].
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 9488, this pair ranks #301,780 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tomar vs tomará
Shared letters: amort. Private to "tomar": -. Private to "tomará": á.
"tomar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "tomará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tomar ← otmar · tmoar · toamr · tomarr · tommar · tomra · ttomar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tomar" for "tomará" ever safe?
Which is more common, "tomar" or "tomará"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "tomar" and "tomará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tomar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tomará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,780 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tomar" and "tomará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tomará vs tomase". 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 #301,780 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.