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Which to use

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

#34,516
“conquistada” frequency rank
#34,517
“conquistados” frequency rank
69033
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conquistada conquistados
Definition Forma del femenino de conquistado, participio de conquistar. Forma del plural de conquistado, participio de conquistar.

Where the eye mixes conquistada and conquistados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.

11 ch
conquistada
12 ch
conquistados

Why the eye confuses conquistada with conquistados

A purely visual mix-up. conquistada ([kõŋkisˈt̪að̞a]) and conquistados ([kõŋkisˈt̪að̞os]) 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 69033, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conquistada is recorded at frequency rank #34,516, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõŋkisˈt̪að̞a]. conquistados is at rank #34,517, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõŋkisˈt̪að̞os].

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 69033, this pair ranks #33,017 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of conquistada vs conquistados

Shared letters: acdinoqstu. Private to "conquistada": -. Private to "conquistados": -.

"conquistada" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVCV  ·  "conquistados" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conquistadacconquistada · cnoquistada · connquistada · conqiustada · conqquistada · conquisatda · conquisstada · conquistaad
  • conquistadoscconquistados · cnoquistados · connquistados · conqiustados · conqquistados · conquisatdos · conquisstados · conquistaddos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "conquistada" and "conquistados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kõŋkisˈt̪að̞a] versus [kõŋkisˈt̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "conquistada" or "conquistados"?
"conquistada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,516 in our Spanish list, against #34,517 for "conquistados". 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 "conquistada" and "conquistados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conquistada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conquistados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,017 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conquistada" and "conquistados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conquistados vs conquistaron". 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 #33,017 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