Which to use
“companion” and “comparison” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,772
- “companion” frequency rank
- #2,936
- “comparison” frequency rank
- 8708
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | companion | comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies | The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared. |
Where the eye mixes companion and comparison
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between companion and comparison
A purely visual mix-up. companion (/kəmˈpæn.jən/) and comparison (/kəmˈpæɹ.ɪ.sən/) 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 8708, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
companion is recorded at frequency rank #5,772, classified as anoun, pronounced /kəmˈpæn.jən/. comparison is at rank #2,936, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kəmˈpæɹ.ɪ.sən/.
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 8708, this pair ranks #501,116 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of companion vs comparison
Shared letters: acimnop. Private to "companion": -. Private to "comparison": rs.
"companion" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "comparison" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- companion ← ccompanion · cmopanion · comapnion · commpanion · compainon · companino · companionn · compannion
- comparison ← ccomparison · cmoparison · comaprison · commparison · compairson · compariosn · comparisno · comparisonn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "companion" and "comparison" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "companion" or "comparison" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "companion" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comparison" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #501,116 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "companion" and "comparison" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "communion vs companion". 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 #501,116 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.