conmovidovsconocidoConfusable pair

Quick tell: conmovido is a verb, conocido is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“conmovido” is a verb and “conocido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,372
“conmovido” frequency rank
#800
“conocido” frequency rank
27172
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conmovido conocido
Definition Participio de conmover. Que se conoce, que se sabe lo que es o quién es. Se dice de aquello sobre lo que se tiene conocimiento.

Where the eye mixes conmovido and conocido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. conmovido runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against conocido's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
conmovido
8 ch
conocido

Look-alike desk: conmovido vs conocido

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conmovido is [kõmmoˈβ̞ið̞o] while conocido is [konoˈsið̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27172, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conmovido is recorded at frequency rank #26,372, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmmoˈβ̞ið̞o]. conocido is at rank #800, tagged as anadj, pronounced [konoˈsið̞o].

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 27172, this pair ranks #228,125 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conmovido vs conocido

Shared letters: cdino. Private to "conmovido": mv. Private to "conocido": -.

"conmovido" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "conocido" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conmovidocconmovido · cnomovido · comnovido · conmmovido · conmobido · conmoivdo · conmovdio · conmoviddo
  • conocidocconocido · cnoocido · concoido · connocido · conoccido · conocdio · conociddo · conociod

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conmovido" for "conocido" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conmovido" is a verb and "conocido" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "conmovido" or "conocido" show up more?
"conocido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #800 in our Spanish list, against #26,372 for "conmovido". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "conmovido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conocido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #228,125 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conmovido" and "conocido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conmovido vs conmovió". 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 #228,125 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