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

#21,943
“conmemorativo” frequency rank
#39,127
“conmemorativos” frequency rank
61070
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conmemorativo conmemorativos
Definition Que recuerda a una persona o acontecimiento, o hace conmemoración de él. Forma del plural de conmemorativo.

Where the eye mixes conmemorativo and conmemorativos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 13 letters in sequence. conmemorativo runs 13 letters (CVCCVCVCVCVCV) against conmemorativos's 14 (CVCCVCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

13 ch
conmemorativo
14 ch
conmemorativos

Look-alike desk: conmemorativo vs conmemorativos

A purely visual mix-up. conmemorativo ([kõmmemoɾaˈt̪iβ̞o]) and conmemorativos ([kõmmemoɾaˈt̪iβ̞os]) 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) - “conmemorativo” sits inside “conmemorativos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61070, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conmemorativo is recorded at frequency rank #21,943, classified as anadj, pronounced [kõmmemoɾaˈt̪iβ̞o]. conmemorativos is at rank #39,127, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kõmmemoɾaˈt̪iβ̞os].

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 61070, this pair ranks #56,737 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of conmemorativo vs conmemorativos

Shared letters: aceimnortv. Private to "conmemorativo": -. Private to "conmemorativos": s.

"conmemorativo" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVCV  ·  "conmemorativos" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conmemorativo ← cconmemorativo · cnomemorativo · comnemorativo · conemmorativo · conmemmorativo · conmemoartivo · conmemoraitvo · conmemoratibo
  • conmemorativos ← cconmemorativos · cnomemorativos · comnemorativos · conemmorativos · conmemmorativos · conmemoartivos · conmemoraitvos · conmemoratibos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conmemorativo" for "conmemorativos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõmmemoɾaˈt̪iβ̞o] versus [kõmmemoɾaˈt̪iβ̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "conmemorativo" vs "conmemorativos" - which ranks higher?
"conmemorativo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,943 in our Spanish list, against #39,127 for "conmemorativos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "conmemorativo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conmemorativos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #56,737 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conmemorativo" and "conmemorativos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conmemorativas vs conmemorativos". 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 #56,737 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