conoscovsconozcoConfusable pair

Quick tell: conosco is a pronoun, conozco is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“conosco” is a pronoun and “conozco” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,824
“conosco” frequency rank
#1,190
“conozco” frequency rank
32014
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conosco conozco
Definition Con nosotros o nosotras: forma combinada de com (preposición, 'con') y nós (pronombre personal de primera persona del plural). Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de conocer.

Letter map: conosco vs conozco

Shared letters muted; letters that set conosco and conozco apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. conosco and conozco follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
conosco
7 ch
conozco

Part-of-speech tell for conosco / conozco

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: conosco is apronoun and conozcoaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - s in “conosco” becomes z in “conozco”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32014, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conosco is recorded at frequency rank #30,824, classified as apron. conozco is at rank #1,190, tagged as averb, pronounced [koˈnosko].

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 32014, this pair ranks #204,195 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conosco vs conozco

Shared letters: cno. Private to "conosco": s. Private to "conozco": z.

"conosco" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "conozco" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conosco ← cconosco · cnoosco · connosco · conocso · conoscco · conosoc · conossco · consoco
  • conozco ← cconozco · cnoozco · connozco · conoczo · conozcco · conozoc · conozzco · conzoco

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conosco" for "conozco" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conosco" is a pronoun and "conozco" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "conosco" or "conozco"?
"conozco" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,190 in our Spanish list, against #30,824 for "conosco". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "conosco" and "conozco".

  • Full dictionary entry for "conosco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conozco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #204,195 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conosco" and "conozco" 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 #204,195 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