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

#40,723
“condicionan” frequency rank
#37,511
“condicionar” frequency rank
78234
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature condicionan condicionar
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de condicionar. Poner condiciones a algo.

Where the eye mixes condicionan and condicionar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. condicionan and condicionar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
condicionan
11 ch
condicionar

Why the eye confuses condicionan with condicionar

A purely visual mix-up. condicionan ([kõn̪d̪iˈsjonãn]) and condicionar ([kõn̪d̪isjoˈnaɾ]) 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 a single letter - n in “condicionan” becomes r in “condicionar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78234, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

condicionan is recorded at frequency rank #40,723, classified as averb, pronounced [kõn̪d̪iˈsjonãn]. condicionar is at rank #37,511, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõn̪d̪isjoˈnaɾ].

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 78234, this pair ranks #14,765 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of condicionan vs condicionar

Shared letters: acdino. Private to "condicionan": -. Private to "condicionar": r.

"condicionan" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCVC  ·  "condicionar" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • condicionanccondicionan · cnodicionan · codnicionan · condciionan · conddicionan · condiccionan · condicinoan · condicioann
  • condicionarccondicionar · cnodicionar · codnicionar · condciionar · conddicionar · condiccionar · condicinoar · condicioanr

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "condicionan" and "condicionar" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kõn̪d̪iˈsjonãn] versus [kõn̪d̪isjoˈnaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "condicionan" or "condicionar"?
"condicionar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,511 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "condicionan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "condicionar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #14,765 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "condicionan" and "condicionar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condiciona vs condicionan". 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 #14,765 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