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

#8,634
“concursos” frequency rank
#36,997
“conversos” frequency rank
45631
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concursos conversos
Definition Forma del plural de concurso. Forma del plural de converso.

Where the eye mixes concursos and conversos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. concursos and conversos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
concursos
9 ch
conversos

Look-alike desk: concursos vs conversos

A purely visual mix-up. concursos ([kõŋˈkuɾsos]) and conversos ([kõmˈbeɾsos]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45631, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concursos is recorded at frequency rank #8,634, classified as anoun, pronounced [kõŋˈkuɾsos]. conversos is at rank #36,997, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kõmˈbeɾsos].

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 45631, this pair ranks #130,332 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of concursos vs conversos

Shared letters: cnors. Private to "concursos": u. Private to "conversos": ev.

"concursos" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "conversos" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concursos ← cconcursos · cnocursos · cocnursos · conccursos · concrusos · concuross · concurrsos · concursoss
  • conversos ← cconversos · cnoversos · conbersos · conevrsos · connversos · conveross · converrsos · conversoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "concursos" and "conversos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kõŋˈkuɾsos] versus [kõmˈbeɾsos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "concursos" or "conversos"?
"concursos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,634 in our Spanish list, against #36,997 for "conversos". 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 "concursos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conversos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #130,332 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concursos" and "conversos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conversan vs conversos". 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 #130,332 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