Which to use
“conoce” is a verb and “conosco” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,014
- “conoce” frequency rank
- #30,824
- “conosco” frequency rank
- 31838
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conoce | conosco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de conocer. | Con nosotros o nosotras: forma combinada de com (preposición, 'con') y nós (pronombre personal de primera persona del plural). |
Letter map: conoce vs conosco
Shared letters muted; letters that set conoce and conosco apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. conoce runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against conosco's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for conoce / conosco
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: conoce is averb and conoscoapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31838, 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]. conosco is at rank #30,824, tagged as apron.
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 31838, this pair ranks #205,053 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conoce vs conosco
Shared letters: cno. Private to "conoce": e. Private to "conosco": s.
"conoce" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "conosco" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conoce" and "conosco" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "conoce" vs "conosco" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "conoce" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conosco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #205,053 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conoce" and "conosco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coloco vs conosco". 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 #205,053 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.