concursovsconjuroTell them apart

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“concurso” and “conjuro” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,718
“concurso” frequency rank
#26,371
“conjuro” frequency rank
28089
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concurso conjuro
Definition Competencia abierta entre diversos candidatos en quienes concurren las mismas condiciones, para escoger al mejor o a los mejores. Oración con supuestos poderes mágicos.

Where the eye mixes concurso and conjuro

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. concurso runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against conjuro's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
concurso
7 ch
conjuro

Look-alike desk: concurso vs conjuro

A purely visual mix-up. concurso ([kõŋˈkuɾso]) and conjuro ([kõŋˈxuɾo]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28089, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concurso is recorded at frequency rank #1,718, classified as anoun, pronounced [kõŋˈkuɾso]. conjuro is at rank #26,371, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kõŋˈxuɾo].

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 28089, this pair ranks #223,691 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of concurso vs conjuro

Shared letters: cnoru. Private to "concurso": s. Private to "conjuro": j.

"concurso" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "conjuro" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concurso ← cconcurso · cnocurso · cocnurso · conccurso · concruso · concuros · concurrso · concursso
  • conjuro ← cconjuro · cnojuro · cojnuro · conjjuro · conjruo · conjuor · conjurro · connjuro

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "concurso" and "conjuro" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kõŋˈkuɾso] versus [kõŋˈxuɾo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "concurso" or "conjuro" show up more?
"concurso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,718 in our Spanish list, against #26,371 for "conjuro". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "concurso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conjuro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #223,691 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concurso" and "conjuro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conjuro vs conjuros". 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 #223,691 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