condenadasvscondenamosTell them apart

Quick tell: condenadas is a participle, condenamos is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“condenadas” is a participle and “condenamos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,693
“condenadas” frequency rank
#34,018
“condenamos” frequency rank
62711
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature condenadas condenamos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de condenado, participio de condenar o de condenarse. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de condenar o de condenarse.

Where the eye mixes condenadas and condenamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. condenadas and condenamos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
condenadas
10 ch
condenamos

Why the eye confuses condenadas with condenamos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: condenadas is [kõn̪d̪eˈnað̞as] while condenamos is [kõn̪d̪eˈnamos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62711, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

condenadas is recorded at frequency rank #28,693, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõn̪d̪eˈnað̞as]. condenamos is at rank #34,018, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõn̪d̪eˈnamos].

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 62711, this pair ranks #51,102 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of condenadas vs condenamos

Shared letters: acdenos. Private to "condenadas": -. Private to "condenamos": m.

"condenadas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC  ·  "condenamos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • condenadasccondenadas · cnodenadas · codnenadas · conddenadas · condeandas · condenaads · condenadass · condenaddas
  • condenamosccondenamos · cnodenamos · codnenamos · conddenamos · condeanmos · condenammos · condenamoss · condenamso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "condenadas" for "condenamos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "condenadas" is a participle and "condenamos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "condenadas" vs "condenamos" - which ranks higher?
"condenadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,693 in our Spanish list, against #34,018 for "condenamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "condenadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "condenamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,102 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "condenadas" and "condenamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condenaba vs condenadas". 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 #51,102 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