comersevscourseWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: comerse is a verb, course is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“comerse” is a verb and “course” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,792
“comerse” frequency rank
#31,292
“course” frequency rank
46084
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comerse course
Definition Soportar o recibir una acción molesta, desagradable, o, en algunos casos, perjudicial. Carrera.

Where the eye mixes comerse and course

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
comerse
6 ch
course

Why the eye confuses comerse with course

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comerse is [koˈmeɾse] while course is /kuʁs/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comerse is recorded at frequency rank #14,792, classified as averb, pronounced [koˈmeɾse]. course is at rank #31,292, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kuʁs/.

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 46084, this pair ranks #127,770 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of comerse vs course

Shared letters: ceors. Private to "comerse": m. Private to "course": u.

"comerse" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "course" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comerseccomerse · cmoerse · coemrse · comerce · comeres · comerrse · comersse · comesre
  • courseccourse · coruse · cource · coures · courrse · coursse · cousre · cuorse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "comerse" for "course" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "comerse" is a verb and "course" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "comerse" or "course" show up more?
"comerse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,792 in our Spanish list, against #31,292 for "course". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comerse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "course" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #127,770 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comerse" and "course" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "courier vs course". 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 #127,770 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