conseguir

/[kõnseˈɣ̞iɾ]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#801

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

conseguir is aSpanishverb. It means: Alcanzar lo que se desea o busca. Pronounced [kõnseˈɣ̞iɾ]. It ranks #801 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with construir and consiguió.

Key facts for conseguir
PropertyValue
Headwordconseguir
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kõnseˈɣ̞iɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#801
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of conseguir in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for conseguir is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõnseˈɣ̞iɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #801 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Alcanzar lo que se desea o busca.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for conseguir, with forms such as "cconseguir", "cnoseguir", and "conceguir". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "construir", "consiguió", "consentir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is conseguir, spelled C-O-N-S-E-G-U-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alcanzar lo que se desea o busca.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconseguir,cnoseguir,conceguir,conesguir,connseguir,consegguir,consegiur,conseguirr,conseguri,conseugir,consgeuir,consseguir,cosneguir,ocnseguir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for conseguir

Misspelling Variants of "conseguir"

cconseguir10cnoseguir9conceguir9conesguir9connseguir10consegguir10consegiur9conseguirr10
Misspelling Variants of "conseguir"

Frequency rank: #801 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "conseguir"?
"conseguir" is spelled C-O-N-S-E-G-U-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kõnseˈɣ̞iɾ].
What does "conseguir" mean?
As a verb, "conseguir" means: Alcanzar lo que se desea o busca.
What words are commonly confused with "conseguir"?
"conseguir" is commonly confused with "construir", "consiguió", "consentir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conseguir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conseguir" is [kõnseˈɣ̞iɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conseguir" come from?
"conseguir" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.