condenadosvscondenaronWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#7,404
“condenados” frequency rank
#26,369
“condenaron” frequency rank
33773
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature condenados condenaron
Definition Forma del plural de condenado, participio de condenar o de condenarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de condenar o de condenarse.

Where the eye mixes condenados and condenaron

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

10 ch
condenados
10 ch
condenaron

Why the eye confuses condenados with condenaron

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: condenados is [kõn̪d̪eˈnað̞os] while condenaron is [kõn̪d̪eˈnaɾõn]. 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 33773, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

condenados is recorded at frequency rank #7,404, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõn̪d̪eˈnað̞os]. condenaron is at rank #26,369, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõn̪d̪eˈnaɾõn].

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 33773, this pair ranks #194,951 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of condenados vs condenaron

Shared letters: acdeno. Private to "condenados": s. Private to "condenaron": r.

"condenados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC  ·  "condenaron" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • condenadosccondenados · cnodenados · codnenados · conddenados · condeandos · condenaddos · condenadoss · condenadso
  • condenaronccondenaron · cnodenaron · codnenaron · conddenaron · condeanron · condenaorn · condenarno · condenaronn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "condenados" for "condenaron" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "condenados" is a participle and "condenaron" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "condenados" or "condenaron" show up more?
"condenados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,404 in our Spanish list, against #26,369 for "condenaron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "condenados" and "condenaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "condenados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "condenaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #194,951 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "condenados" and "condenaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condenación vs condenaron". 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 #194,951 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