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Which to use

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

#49,532
“congrega” frequency rank
#45,828
“congregó” frequency rank
95360
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature congrega congregó
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de congregar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de congregar.

Where the eye mixes congrega and congregó

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. congrega and congregó follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
congrega
8 ch
congregó

Look-alike desk: congrega vs congregó

A purely visual mix-up. congrega ([kõŋˈgɾeɣ̞a]) and congregó ([kõŋgɾeˈɣ̞o]) 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 - a in “congrega” becomes ó in “congregó”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 95360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

congrega is recorded at frequency rank #49,532, classified as averb, pronounced [kõŋˈgɾeɣ̞a]. congregó is at rank #45,828, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõŋgɾeˈɣ̞o].

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 95360, this pair ranks #566 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of congrega vs congregó

Shared letters: cegnor. Private to "congrega": a. Private to "congregó": ó.

"congrega" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV  ·  "congregó" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • congrega ← ccongrega · cnogrega · cognrega · congerga · conggrega · congreag · congregga · congrgea

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "congrega" and "congregó" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kõŋˈgɾeɣ̞a] versus [kõŋgɾeˈɣ̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "congrega" vs "congregó" - which ranks higher?
"congregó" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #45,828 in our Spanish list, against #49,532 for "congrega". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "congrega" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "congregó" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #566 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "congrega" and "congregó" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "congrega vs congress". 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 #566 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