comentanvscomentaronTell them apart

Which to use

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

#11,931
“comentan” frequency rank
#17,911
“comentaron” frequency rank
29842
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comentan comentaron
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) 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 comentan and comentaron

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

8 ch
comentan
10 ch
comentaron

Look-alike desk: comentan vs comentaron

A purely visual mix-up. comentan ([koˈmẽn̪t̪ãn]) 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 differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29842, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comentan is recorded at frequency rank #11,931, classified as averb, pronounced [koˈmẽn̪t̪ãn]. 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 29842, this pair ranks #215,001 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of comentan vs comentaron

Shared letters: acemnot. Private to "comentan": -. Private to "comentaron": r.

"comentan" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "comentaron" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comentanccomentan · cmoentan · coemntan · comenatn · comenntan · comentann · comentna · comenttan
  • comentaronccomentaron · cmoentaron · coemntaron · comenatron · comenntaron · comentaorn · comentarno · comentaronn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "comentan" and "comentaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([koˈmẽn̪t̪ãn] versus [komẽn̪ˈt̪aɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "comentan" or "comentaron"?
"comentan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,931 in our Spanish list, against #17,911 for "comentaron". 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 "comentan" 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 #215,001 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comentan" and "comentaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comentan vs comerán". 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 #215,001 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