conseguíavsconseguidoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#17,924
“conseguía” frequency rank
#2,816
“conseguido” frequency rank
20740
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conseguía conseguido
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de conseguir o de conseguirse. Participio de conseguir o de conseguirse.

Where the eye mixes conseguía and conseguido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. conseguía runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVV) against conseguido's 10 (CVCCVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
conseguía
10 ch
conseguido

Visual trap between conseguía and conseguido

A purely visual mix-up. conseguía ([kõnseˈɣ̞ia]) and conseguido ([kõnseˈɣ̞ið̞o]) 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 20740, 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]. conseguido is at rank #2,816, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõnseˈɣ̞ið̞o].

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 20740, this pair ranks #258,000 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of conseguía vs conseguido

Shared letters: cegnosu. Private to "conseguía": aí. Private to "conseguido": di.

"conseguía" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVV  ·  "conseguido" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conseguido ← cconseguido · cnoseguido · conceguido · conesguido · connseguido · consegguido · consegiudo · consegudio

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "conseguía" and "conseguido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kõnseˈɣ̞ia] versus [kõnseˈɣ̞ið̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "conseguía" or "conseguido"?
"conseguido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,816 in our Spanish list, against #17,924 for "conseguía". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conseguía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conseguido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #258,000 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conseguía" and "conseguido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conseguía vs conseguían". 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 #258,000 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