comevscometoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#2,700
“come” frequency rank
#47,012
“cometo” frequency rank
49712
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature come cometo
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de comer. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de cometer o de cometerse.

Where the eye mixes come and cometo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

4 ch
come
6 ch
cometo

Look-alike desk: come vs cometo

A purely visual mix-up. come ([ˈkome]) and cometo ([koˈmet̪o]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “come” sits inside “cometo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49712, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

come is recorded at frequency rank #2,700, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈkome]. cometo is at rank #47,012, tagged as averb, pronounced [koˈmet̪o].

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 49712, this pair ranks #107,260 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of come vs cometo

Shared letters: cemo. Private to "come": -. Private to "cometo": t.

"come" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "cometo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comeccome · cmoe · coem · ocme
  • cometoccometo · cmoeto · coemto · comeot · cometto · commeto · comteo · ocmeto

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "come" and "cometo" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkome] versus [koˈmet̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "come" or "cometo"?
"come" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,700 in our Spanish list, against #47,012 for "cometo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "come" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cometo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #107,260 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "come" and "cometo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cometo vs comezón". 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 #107,260 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