conjuganvsconjugarWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#48,906
“conjugan” frequency rank
#39,660
“conjugar” frequency rank
88566
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conjugan conjugar
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de conjugar. Unir dos o más cosas.

Where the eye mixes conjugan and conjugar

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

8 ch
conjugan
8 ch
conjugar

Look-alike desk: conjugan vs conjugar

A purely visual mix-up. conjugan ([kõŋˈxuɣ̞ãn]) 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 a single letter - n in “conjugan” becomes r in “conjugar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88566, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conjugan is recorded at frequency rank #48,906, classified as averb, pronounced [kõŋˈxuɣ̞ãn]. 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 88566, this pair ranks #3,683 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of conjugan vs conjugar

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

"conjugan" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "conjugar" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conjugancconjugan · cnojugan · cojnugan · conjguan · conjjugan · conjuagn · conjugann · conjuggan
  • conjugarcconjugar · cnojugar · cojnugar · conjguar · conjjugar · conjuagr · conjugarr · conjuggar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conjugan" for "conjugar" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõŋˈxuɣ̞ãn] versus [kõŋxuˈɣ̞aɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "conjugan" or "conjugar"?
"conjugar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,660 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "conjugan" 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 #3,683 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conjugan" and "conjugar" 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 #3,683 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