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Which to use

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

#40,728
“conjura” frequency rank
#13,648
“contará” frequency rank
54376
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conjura contará
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de conjurar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de contar.

Where the eye mixes conjura and contará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. conjura and contará follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
conjura
7 ch
contará

Visual trap between conjura and contará

A purely visual mix-up. conjura ([kõŋˈxuɾa]) and contará ([kõn̪t̪aˈɾa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54376, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conjura is recorded at frequency rank #40,728, classified as averb, pronounced [kõŋˈxuɾa]. contará is at rank #13,648, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõn̪t̪aˈɾa].

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 54376, this pair ranks #83,604 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conjura vs contará

Shared letters: acnor. Private to "conjura": ju. Private to "contará": .

"conjura" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "contará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conjuracconjura · cnojura · cojnura · conjjura · conjrua · conjuar · conjurra · connjura

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "conjura" and "contará" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kõŋˈxuɾa] versus [kõn̪t̪aˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "conjura" or "contará" show up more?
"contará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,648 in our Spanish list, against #40,728 for "conjura". 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 "conjura" and "contará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conjura" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "contará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #83,604 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conjura" and "contará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conjugan vs conjura". 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 #83,604 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