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

#27,530
“comentamos” frequency rank
#17,911
“comentaron” frequency rank
45441
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comentamos comentaron
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de comentar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de comentar.

Where the eye mixes comentamos and comentaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
comentamos
10 ch
comentaron

Why the eye confuses comentamos with comentaron

A purely visual mix-up. comentamos ([komẽn̪ˈt̪amos]) and comentaron ([komẽn̪ˈt̪aɾõn]) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45441, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comentamos is recorded at frequency rank #27,530, classified as averb, pronounced [komẽn̪ˈt̪amos]. 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 45441, this pair ranks #131,412 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of comentamos vs comentaron

Shared letters: acemnot. Private to "comentamos": s. Private to "comentaron": r.

"comentamos" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC  ·  "comentaron" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comentamosccomentamos · cmoentamos · coemntamos · comenatmos · comenntamos · comentammos · comentamoss · comentamso
  • comentaronccomentaron · cmoentaron · coemntaron · comenatron · comenntaron · comentaorn · comentarno · comentaronn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "comentamos" and "comentaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([komẽn̪ˈt̪amos] versus [komẽn̪ˈt̪aɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "comentamos" or "comentaron" show up more?
"comentaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,911 in our Spanish list, against #27,530 for "comentamos". 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 "comentamos" 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 #131,412 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comentamos" and "comentaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comentadas vs comentamos". 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 #131,412 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