conjugavsconjuganTell them apart

Which to use

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

#42,903
“conjuga” frequency rank
#48,906
“conjugan” frequency rank
91809
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conjuga conjugan
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de conjugar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de conjugar.

Where the eye mixes conjuga and conjugan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. conjuga runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against conjugan's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
conjuga
8 ch
conjugan

Visual trap between conjuga and conjugan

A purely visual mix-up. conjuga ([kõŋˈxuɣ̞a]) and conjugan ([kõŋˈxuɣ̞ãn]) 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 extra letter(s) - “conjuga” sits inside “conjugan”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91809, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conjuga is recorded at frequency rank #42,903, classified as averb, pronounced [kõŋˈxuɣ̞a]. conjugan is at rank #48,906, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõŋˈxuɣ̞ãn].

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 91809, this pair ranks #1,778 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of conjuga vs conjugan

Shared letters: acgjnou. Private to "conjuga": -. Private to "conjugan": -.

"conjuga" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "conjugan" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conjuga ← cconjuga · cnojuga · cojnuga · conjgua · conjjuga · conjuag · conjugga · connjuga
  • conjugan ← cconjugan · cnojugan · cojnugan · conjguan · conjjugan · conjuagn · conjugann · conjuggan

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "conjuga" and "conjugan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kõŋˈxuɣ̞a] versus [kõŋˈxuɣ̞ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "conjuga" vs "conjugan" - which ranks higher?
"conjuga" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,903 in our Spanish list, against #48,906 for "conjugan". 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 "conjuga" and "conjugan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conjuga" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conjugan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,778 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conjuga" and "conjugan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conjugan vs consuman". 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 #1,778 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