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

#1,439
“comentario” frequency rank
#910
“comentarios” frequency rank
2349
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comentario comentarios
Definition Escrito que sirve de explicación de una obra para que se entienda más fácilmente el sentido que encierra. Forma del plural de comentario.

Where the eye mixes comentario and comentarios

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. comentario runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCVV) against comentarios's 11 (CVCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
comentario
11 ch
comentarios

Visual trap between comentario and comentarios

A purely visual mix-up. comentario ([komẽn̪ˈt̪aɾjo]) and comentarios ([komẽn̪ˈt̪aɾjos]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “comentario” sits inside “comentarios”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2349, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comentario is recorded at frequency rank #1,439, classified as anoun, pronounced [komẽn̪ˈt̪aɾjo]. comentarios is at rank #910, tagged as anoun, pronounced [komẽn̪ˈt̪aɾjos].

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 2349, this pair ranks #320,506 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of comentario vs comentarios

Shared letters: aceimnort. Private to "comentario": -. Private to "comentarios": s.

"comentario" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVV  ·  "comentarios" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comentario ← ccomentario · cmoentario · coemntario · comenatrio · comenntario · comentairo · comentaroi · comentarrio
  • comentarios ← ccomentarios · cmoentarios · coemntarios · comenatrios · comenntarios · comentairos · comentarioss · comentariso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "comentario" for "comentarios" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([komẽn̪ˈt̪aɾjo] versus [komẽn̪ˈt̪aɾjos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "comentario" or "comentarios"?
"comentarios" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #910 in our Spanish list, against #1,439 for "comentario". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "comentario" and "comentarios" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comentario" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comentarios" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #320,506 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comentario" and "comentarios" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comentados vs comentarios". 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 #320,506 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