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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conosco" for "conozco" ever safe?
Which is more common, "conosco" or "conozco"?
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.