Which to use
“comentados” is a participle and “comentaron” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,195
- “comentados” frequency rank
- #17,911
- “comentaron” frequency rank
- 58106
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comentados | comentaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de comentado, participio de comentar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de comentar. |
Where the eye mixes comentados and comentaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between comentados and comentaron
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comentados is [komẽn̪ˈt̪að̞os] while comentaron is [komẽn̪ˈt̪aɾõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 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 58106, 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]. comentaron is at rank #17,911, tagged as averb, pronounced [komẽn̪ˈt̪aɾõn].
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 58106, this pair ranks #67,771 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of comentados vs comentaron
Shared letters: acemnot. Private to "comentados": ds. Private to "comentaron": r.
"comentados" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC · "comentaron" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comentados ← ccomentados · cmoentados · coemntados · comenatdos · comenntados · comentaddos · comentadoss · comentadso
- comentaron ← ccomentaron · cmoentaron · coemntaron · comenatron · comenntaron · comentaorn · comentarno · comentaronn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "comentados" and "comentaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "comentados" or "comentaron" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "comentados" and "comentaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "comentados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comentaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,771 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comentados" and "comentaron" 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 #67,771 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.