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

#25,957
“condicionado” frequency rank
#10,812
“condicional” frequency rank
36769
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature condicionado condicional
Definition Que está limitado por alguna condición. Que incluye y lleva consigo una condición o requisito.

Where the eye mixes condicionado and condicional

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. condicionado 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
condicionado
11 ch
condicional

Look-alike desk: condicionado vs condicional

A purely visual mix-up. condicionado ([kõn̪d̪isjoˈnað̞o]) and condicional ([kõn̪d̪isjoˈnal]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

condicionado is recorded at frequency rank #25,957, classified as anadj, pronounced [kõn̪d̪isjoˈnað̞o]. 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 36769, this pair ranks #178,882 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of condicionado vs condicional

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

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • condicionadoccondicionado · cnodicionado · codnicionado · condciionado · conddicionado · condiccionado · condicinoado · condicioando
  • condicionalccondicional · cnodicional · codnicional · condciional · conddicional · condiccional · condicinoal · condicioanl

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "condicionado" and "condicional" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kõn̪d̪isjoˈnað̞o] versus [kõn̪d̪isjoˈnal]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "condicionado" 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 #25,957 for "condicionado". 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 "condicionado" and "condicional" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "condicionado" 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 #178,882 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "condicionado" and "condicional" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condicionado 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 #178,882 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