conocevsconocióWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#1,014
“conoce” frequency rank
#4,692
“conoció” frequency rank
5706
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conoce conoció
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de conocer. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de conocer.

Where the eye mixes conoce and conoció

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. conoce runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against conoció's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
conoce
7 ch
conoció

Visual trap between conoce and conoció

A purely visual mix-up. conoce ([koˈnose]) and conoció ([konoˈsjo]) 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 5706, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conoce is recorded at frequency rank #1,014, classified as averb, pronounced [koˈnose]. conoció is at rank #4,692, tagged as averb, pronounced [konoˈsjo].

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 5706, this pair ranks #312,886 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of conoce vs conoció

Shared letters: cno. Private to "conoce": e. Private to "conoció": ió.

"conoce" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "conoció" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conoce ← cconoce · cnooce · concoe · connoce · conocce · conoec · conose · coonce

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conoce" for "conoció" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([koˈnose] versus [konoˈsjo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "conoce" vs "conoció" - which ranks higher?
"conoce" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,014 in our Spanish list, against #4,692 for "conoció". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "conoce" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conoció" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #312,886 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conoce" and "conoció" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cónica vs conoce". 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 #312,886 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