conquistar
[kõŋkisˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“conquistar” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #7,124 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #7,124
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Adquirir o ganar a fuerza de armas un Estado, una plaza, ciudad, provincia o reino.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | conquistar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõŋkisˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #7,124 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “conquistar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for conquistar is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõŋkisˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,124 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for conquistar, with forms such as "cconquistar", "cnoquistar", and "connquistar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "conquistaron", "conquista", "conquistado", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is conquistar, spelled C-O-N-Q-U-I-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Adquirir o ganar a fuerza de armas un Estado, una plaza, ciudad, provincia o reino.
- 2Ganar la voluntad de una persona, o traerla a su partido.
- 3Obtener algo laboriosamente, con esfuerzo.
- 4Captar el cariño de otra persona.
- 5Enamorar a alguien.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cconquistar,cnoquistar,connquistar,conqiustar,conqquistar,conquisatr,conquisstar,conquistarr,conquistra,conquisttar,conquitsar,conqusitar,conuqistar,coqnuistar,ocnquistar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conquistar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “conquistar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-N-Q-U-I-S-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõŋkisˈt̪aɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “conquistaron” - see the side-by-side comparison. conquistar vs conquistaron
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.