conjuganvsconjuraTell them apart

Which to use

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

#48,906
“conjugan” frequency rank
#40,728
“conjura” frequency rank
89634
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes conjugan and conjura

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. conjugan runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against conjura's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
conjugan
7 ch
conjura

Why the eye confuses conjugan with conjura

A purely visual mix-up. conjugan ([kõŋˈxuɣ̞ãn]) and conjura ([kõŋˈxuɾa]) 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 89634, 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]. conjura is at rank #40,728, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõŋˈxuɾa].

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 89634, this pair ranks #2,996 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of conjugan vs conjura

Shared letters: acjnou. Private to "conjugan": g. Private to "conjura": r.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conjugancconjugan · cnojugan · cojnugan · conjguan · conjjugan · conjuagn · conjugann · conjuggan
  • conjuracconjura · cnojura · cojnura · conjjura · conjrua · conjuar · conjurra · connjura

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "conjugan" and "conjura" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kõŋˈxuɣ̞ãn] versus [kõŋˈxuɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "conjugan" or "conjura" show up more?
"conjura" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,728 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "conjugan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conjura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,996 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conjugan" and "conjura" 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 #2,996 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