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

#14,319
“conmemora” frequency rank
#14,798
“conmemorar” frequency rank
29117
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conmemora conmemorar
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de conmemorar. Hacer una conmemoración.

Where the eye mixes conmemora and conmemorar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. conmemora runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against conmemorar's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
conmemora
10 ch
conmemorar

Look-alike desk: conmemora vs conmemorar

A purely visual mix-up. conmemora ([kõmmeˈmoɾa]) and conmemorar ([kõmmemoˈɾaɾ]) 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) - “conmemora” sits inside “conmemorar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29117, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conmemora is recorded at frequency rank #14,319, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmmeˈmoɾa]. conmemorar is at rank #14,798, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmmemoˈɾaɾ].

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 29117, this pair ranks #218,614 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conmemora vs conmemorar

Shared letters: acemnor. Private to "conmemora": -. Private to "conmemorar": -.

"conmemora" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "conmemorar" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conmemora ← cconmemora · cnomemora · comnemora · conemmora · conmemmora · conmemoar · conmemorra · conmemroa
  • conmemorar ← cconmemorar · cnomemorar · comnemorar · conemmorar · conmemmorar · conmemoarr · conmemorarr · conmemorrar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conmemora" for "conmemorar" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõmmeˈmoɾa] versus [kõmmemoˈɾaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "conmemora" vs "conmemorar" - which ranks higher?
"conmemora" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,319 in our Spanish list, against #14,798 for "conmemorar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "conmemora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conmemorar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #218,614 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conmemora" and "conmemorar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conmemoran vs conmemorar". 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 #218,614 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