comedorvscómodosConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#7,119
“comedor” frequency rank
#12,128
“cómodos” frequency rank
19247
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comedor cómodos
Definition Habitación de la casa donde se realizan las comidas. Forma del plural de cómodo.

Where the eye mixes comedor and cómodos

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

7 ch
comedor
7 ch
cómodos

Look-alike desk: comedor vs cómodos

A purely visual mix-up. comedor ([komeˈð̞oɾ]) and cómodos ([ˈkomoð̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19247, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comedor is recorded at frequency rank #7,119, classified as anoun, pronounced [komeˈð̞oɾ]. cómodos is at rank #12,128, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkomoð̞os].

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 19247, this pair ranks #264,568 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of comedor vs cómodos

Shared letters: cdmo. Private to "comedor": er. Private to "cómodos": .

"comedor" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "cómodos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comedorccomedor · cmoedor · coemdor · comdeor · comeddor · comedorr · comedro · comeodr

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "comedor" for "cómodos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([komeˈð̞oɾ] versus [ˈkomoð̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "comedor" or "cómodos" show up more?
"comedor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,119 in our Spanish list, against #12,128 for "cómodos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "comedor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cómodos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #264,568 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comedor" and "cómodos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cogidos vs cómodos". 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 #264,568 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