visitavsvisitaráWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: visita is a noun, visitará is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“visita” is a noun and “visitará” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,049
“visita” frequency rank
#28,602
“visitará” frequency rank
29651
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visita visitará
Definition Acción y efecto de acudir a un sitio. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de visitar.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set visita and visitará apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
visita
8 ch
visitará

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: visita is [biˈsit̪a] while visitará is [bisit̪aˈɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “visita” sits inside “visitará”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29651, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

visita is recorded at frequency rank #1,049, classified as anoun, pronounced [biˈsit̪a]. visitará is at rank #28,602, tagged as averb, pronounced [bisit̪aˈɾa].

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 29651, this pair ranks #215,922 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of visita vs visitará

Shared letters: aistv. Private to "visita": -. Private to "visitará": .

"visita" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "visitará" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visitabisita · ivsita · vicita · viista · visiat · visitta · vissita · vistia

Frequency comparison

visita#1,049
visitará#28,602

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "visita" and "visitará" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "visita" is a noun and "visitará" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "visita" or "visitará"?
"visita" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,049 in our Spanish list, against #28,602 for "visitará". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering visita vs visitará

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “visita”; for a verb, it's “visitará”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “visita” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list