Which to use
“comentados” is a participle and “comentando” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,195
- “comentados” frequency rank
- #10,808
- “comentando” frequency rank
- 51003
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comentados | comentando |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de comentado, participio de comentar. | Gerundio de comentar. |
Where the eye mixes comentados and comentando
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses comentados with comentando
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comentados is [komẽn̪ˈt̪að̞os] while comentando is [komẽn̪ˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51003, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comentados is recorded at frequency rank #40,195, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [komẽn̪ˈt̪að̞os]. comentando is at rank #10,808, tagged as averb, pronounced [komẽn̪ˈt̪ãn̪d̪o].
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 51003, this pair ranks #100,217 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of comentados vs comentando
Shared letters: acdemnot. Private to "comentados": s. Private to "comentando": -.
"comentados" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC · "comentando" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- comentados ← ccomentados · cmoentados · coemntados · comenatdos · comenntados · comentaddos · comentadoss · comentadso
- comentando ← ccomentando · cmoentando · coemntando · comenatndo · comenntando · comentadno · comentanddo · comentanndo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "comentados" and "comentando" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "comentados" vs "comentando" - which ranks higher?
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 "comentados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comentando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #100,217 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comentados" and "comentando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comentadas vs comentados". 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 #100,217 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.