Which to use
“conseguía” is a verb and “conseguida” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,924
- “conseguía” frequency rank
- #31,718
- “conseguida” frequency rank
- 49642
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conseguía | conseguida |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de conseguir o de conseguirse. | Forma del femenino de conseguido, participio de conseguir. |
Where the eye mixes conseguía and conseguida
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. conseguía runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVV) against conseguida's 10 (CVCCVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: conseguía vs conseguida
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conseguía is [kõnseˈɣ̞ia] while conseguida is [kõnseˈɣ̞ið̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49642, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conseguía is recorded at frequency rank #17,924, classified as averb, pronounced [kõnseˈɣ̞ia]. conseguida is at rank #31,718, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõnseˈɣ̞ið̞a].
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 49642, this pair ranks #107,675 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conseguía vs conseguida
Shared letters: acegnosu. Private to "conseguía": í. Private to "conseguida": di.
"conseguía" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVV · "conseguida" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- conseguida ← cconseguida · cnoseguida · conceguida · conesguida · connseguida · consegguida · consegiuda · consegudia
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conseguía" for "conseguida" ever safe?
Frequency check: "conseguía" vs "conseguida" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "conseguía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conseguida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,675 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conseguía" and "conseguida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conseguían vs conseguida". 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 #107,675 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.