conserjevsconserveWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: conserje is a noun, conserve is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“conserje” is a noun and “conserve” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,921
“conserje” frequency rank
#32,577
“conserve” frequency rank
60498
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conserje conserve
Definition Encargado de vigilar y mantener en buen estado la entrada de un edificio público o comunal. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de conservar o de conservarse.

Where the eye mixes conserje and conserve

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. conserje and conserve follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
conserje
8 ch
conserve

Look-alike desk: conserje vs conserve

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conserje is [kõnˈseɾxe] while conserve is [kõnˈseɾβ̞e]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - j in “conserje” becomes v in “conserve”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60498, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conserje is recorded at frequency rank #27,921, classified as anoun, pronounced [kõnˈseɾxe]. conserve is at rank #32,577, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõnˈseɾβ̞e].

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 60498, this pair ranks #58,739 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of conserje vs conserve

Shared letters: cenors. Private to "conserje": j. Private to "conserve": v.

"conserje" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "conserve" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conserje ← cconserje · cnoserje · concerje · conesrje · connserje · consejre · conserej · conserjje
  • conserve ← cconserve · cnoserve · concerve · conesrve · connserve · conserbe · conserev · conserrve

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conserje" for "conserve" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conserje" is a noun and "conserve" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "conserje" or "conserve" show up more?
"conserje" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,921 in our Spanish list, against #32,577 for "conserve". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "conserje" and "conserve" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conserje" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conserve" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,739 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conserje" and "conserve" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conserve vs conserven". 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 #58,739 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