confirmabavsconformabanTell them apart

Which to use

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

#38,021
“confirmaba” frequency rank
#47,023
“conformaban” frequency rank
85044
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature confirmaba conformaban
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de confirmar o de confirmarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de conformar.

Where the eye mixes confirmaba and conformaban

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

10 ch
confirmaba
11 ch
conformaban

Visual trap between confirmaba and conformaban

A purely visual mix-up. confirmaba ([kõɱfiɾˈmaβ̞a]) and conformaban ([kõɱfoɾˈmaβ̞ãn]) 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 85044, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

confirmaba is recorded at frequency rank #38,021, classified as averb, pronounced [kõɱfiɾˈmaβ̞a]. conformaban is at rank #47,023, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõɱfoɾˈmaβ̞ãn].

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 85044, this pair ranks #6,469 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of confirmaba vs conformaban

Shared letters: abcfmnor. Private to "confirmaba": i. Private to "conformaban": -.

"confirmaba" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV  ·  "conformaban" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • confirmabacconfirmaba · cnofirmaba · cofnirmaba · conffirmaba · confimraba · confiramba · confirmaab · confirmabba
  • conformabancconformaban · cnoformaban · cofnormaban · confformaban · confomraban · conforamban · conformaabn · conformabann

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "confirmaba" for "conformaban" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõɱfiɾˈmaβ̞a] versus [kõɱfoɾˈmaβ̞ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "confirmaba" or "conformaban"?
"confirmaba" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,021 in our Spanish list, against #47,023 for "conformaban". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "confirmaba" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conformaban" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #6,469 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "confirmaba" and "conformaban" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conformaban vs conformaron". 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 #6,469 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