condenadovscondenamosConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#4,143
“condenado” frequency rank
#34,018
“condenamos” frequency rank
38161
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature condenado condenamos
Definition El que está en el infierno. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de condenar o de condenarse.

Where the eye mixes condenado and condenamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. condenado runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against condenamos's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
condenado
10 ch
condenamos

Look-alike desk: condenado vs condenamos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: condenado is [kõn̪d̪eˈnað̞o] while condenamos is [kõn̪d̪eˈnamos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38161, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

condenado is recorded at frequency rank #4,143, classified as anoun, pronounced [kõn̪d̪eˈnað̞o]. 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 38161, this pair ranks #171,521 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of condenado vs condenamos

Shared letters: acdeno. Private to "condenado": -. Private to "condenamos": ms.

"condenado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "condenamos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • condenadoccondenado · cnodenado · codnenado · conddenado · condeando · condenaddo · condenaod · condendao
  • condenamosccondenamos · cnodenamos · codnenamos · conddenamos · condeanmos · condenammos · condenamoss · condenamso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "condenado" and "condenamos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "condenado" is a noun and "condenamos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "condenado" or "condenamos" show up more?
"condenado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,143 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "condenado" 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 #171,521 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "condenado" and "condenamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condenadas vs condenamos". 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 #171,521 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