utilizadavsutilizaráWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: utilizada is a participle, utilizará is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“utilizada” is a participle and “utilizará” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,387
“utilizada” frequency rank
#23,982
“utilizará” frequency rank
28369
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature utilizada utilizará
Definition Forma del femenino de utilizado, participio de utilizar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de utilizar.

Where the eye mixes utilizada and utilizará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
utilizada
9 ch
utilizará

Look-alike desk: utilizada vs utilizará

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: utilizada is [ut̪iliˈsað̞a] while utilizará is [ut̪ilisaˈɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

utilizada is recorded at frequency rank #4,387, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ut̪iliˈsað̞a]. utilizará is at rank #23,982, tagged as averb, pronounced [ut̪ilisaˈɾa].

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 28369, this pair ranks #222,366 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of utilizada vs utilizará

Shared letters: ailtuz. Private to "utilizada": d. Private to "utilizará": .

"utilizada" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV  ·  "utilizará" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • utilizadatuilizada · uitlizada · utiilzada · utiliazda · utilizaad · utilizadda · utilizdaa · utilizzada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "utilizada" for "utilizará" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "utilizada" is a participle and "utilizará" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "utilizada" or "utilizará"?
"utilizada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,387 in our Spanish list, against #23,982 for "utilizará". 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 "utilizada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "utilizará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #222,366 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "utilizada" and "utilizará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "utilizará vs utilizaría". 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 #222,366 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