condicionavscondicionanWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#29,552
“condiciona” frequency rank
#40,723
“condicionan” frequency rank
70275
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature condiciona condicionan
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de condicionar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de condicionar.

Where the eye mixes condiciona and condicionan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.

10 ch
condiciona
11 ch
condicionan

Visual trap between condiciona and condicionan

A purely visual mix-up. condiciona ([kõn̪d̪iˈsjona]) and condicionan ([kõn̪d̪iˈsjonãn]) 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 extra letter(s) - “condiciona” sits inside “condicionan”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70275, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

condiciona is recorded at frequency rank #29,552, classified as averb, pronounced [kõn̪d̪iˈsjona]. condicionan is at rank #40,723, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõn̪d̪iˈsjonãn].

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 70275, this pair ranks #30,076 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of condiciona vs condicionan

Shared letters: acdino. Private to "condiciona": -. Private to "condicionan": -.

"condiciona" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCV  ·  "condicionan" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • condicionaccondiciona · cnodiciona · codniciona · condciiona · conddiciona · condicciona · condicinoa · condicioan
  • condicionanccondicionan · cnodicionan · codnicionan · condciionan · conddicionan · condiccionan · condicinoan · condicioann

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "condiciona" for "condicionan" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõn̪d̪iˈsjona] versus [kõn̪d̪iˈsjonãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "condiciona" vs "condicionan" - which ranks higher?
"condiciona" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,552 in our Spanish list, against #40,723 for "condicionan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "condiciona" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "condicionan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #30,076 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "condiciona" and "condicionan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condicionan vs condicionar". 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 #30,076 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