condicionadavscondicionalConfusable pair

Quick tell: condicionada is a participle, condicional is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“condicionada” is a participle and “condicional” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,917
“condicionada” frequency rank
#10,812
“condicional” frequency rank
38729
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature condicionada condicional
Definition Forma del femenino de condicionado, participio de condicionar. Que incluye y lleva consigo una condición o requisito.

Where the eye mixes condicionada and condicional

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. condicionada runs 12 letters (CVCCVCVVCVCV) against condicional's 11 (CVCCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
condicionada
11 ch
condicional

Look-alike desk: condicionada vs condicional

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: condicionada is [kõn̪d̪isjoˈnað̞a] while condicional is [kõn̪d̪isjoˈnal]. 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 (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38729, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

condicionada is recorded at frequency rank #27,917, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõn̪d̪isjoˈnað̞a]. condicional is at rank #10,812, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kõn̪d̪isjoˈnal].

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 38729, this pair ranks #168,395 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of condicionada vs condicional

Shared letters: acdino. Private to "condicionada": -. Private to "condicional": l.

"condicionada" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCVCV  ·  "condicional" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • condicionadaccondicionada · cnodicionada · codnicionada · condciionada · conddicionada · condiccionada · condicinoada · condicioanda
  • condicionalccondicional · cnodicional · codnicional · condciional · conddicional · condiccional · condicinoal · condicioanl

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "condicionada" for "condicional" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "condicionada" is a participle and "condicional" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "condicionada" vs "condicional" - which ranks higher?
"condicional" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,812 in our Spanish list, against #27,917 for "condicionada". 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 "condicionada" and "condicional" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "condicionada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "condicional" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #168,395 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "condicionada" and "condicional" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condicionada vs condicionados". 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 #168,395 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