conquistadovsconquistarWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: conquistado is a adjective, conquistar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“conquistado” is an adjective and “conquistar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,465
“conquistado” frequency rank
#3,132
“conquistar” frequency rank
12597
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conquistado conquistar
Definition conseguido; que se pôde alcançar fazer uma conquista

Letter map: conquistado vs conquistar

Shared letters muted; letters that set conquistado and conquistar apart highlighted. Shared run: 9.

11 ch
conquistado
10 ch
conquistar

Grammar separator: conquistado vs conquistar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: conquistado is anadjective and conquistaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12597, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conquistado is recorded at frequency rank #9,465, classified as anadj. conquistar is at rank #3,132, tagged as averb, pronounced /kõ.kiʃ.ˈtaɾ/.

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 12597, this pair ranks #59,936 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of conquistado vs conquistar

Shared letters: acinoqstu. Private to "conquistado": d. Private to "conquistar": r.

"conquistado" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVCV  ·  "conquistar" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conquistadocconquistado · cnoquistado · connquistado · conqiustado · conqquistado · conquisatdo · conquisstado · conquistaddo
  • conquistarcconquistar · cnoquistar · connquistar · conqiustar · conqquistar · conquisatr · conquisstar · conquistarr

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "conquistado" and "conquistar" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conquistado" is an adjective and "conquistar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "conquistado" or "conquistar"?
"conquistar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,132 in our Portuguese list, against #9,465 for "conquistado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "conquistado" vs "conquistar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conquistado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conquistar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #59,936 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conquistado" and "conquistar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conquistado vs conquistador". 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 #59,936 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list