conjugavsconjugarWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#42,903
“conjuga” frequency rank
#39,660
“conjugar” frequency rank
82563
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conjuga conjugar
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de conjugar. Unir dos o más cosas.

Where the eye mixes conjuga and conjugar

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

7 ch
conjuga
8 ch
conjugar

Look-alike desk: conjuga vs conjugar

A purely visual mix-up. conjuga ([kõŋˈxuɣ̞a]) and conjugar ([kõŋxuˈɣ̞aɾ]) 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 “conjugar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82563, 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]. conjugar is at rank #39,660, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõŋxuˈɣ̞aɾ].

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 82563, this pair ranks #9,108 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of conjuga vs conjugar

Shared letters: acgjnou. Private to "conjuga": -. Private to "conjugar": r.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conjuga ← cconjuga · cnojuga · cojnuga · conjgua · conjjuga · conjuag · conjugga · connjuga
  • conjugar ← cconjugar · cnojugar · cojnugar · conjguar · conjjugar · conjuagr · conjugarr · conjuggar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conjuga" for "conjugar" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõŋˈxuɣ̞a] versus [kõŋxuˈɣ̞aɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "conjuga" or "conjugar"?
"conjugar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,660 in our Spanish list, against #42,903 for "conjuga". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "conjuga" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conjugar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,108 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conjuga" and "conjugar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conjuga vs conjugan". 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 #9,108 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