cometanvscometoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#28,290
“cometan” frequency rank
#47,012
“cometo” frequency rank
75302
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cometan cometo
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de cometer o de cometerse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de cometer o de cometerse.

Where the eye mixes cometan and cometo

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

7 ch
cometan
6 ch
cometo

Look-alike desk: cometan vs cometo

A purely visual mix-up. cometan ([koˈmet̪ãn]) and cometo ([koˈmet̪o]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75302, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cometan is recorded at frequency rank #28,290, classified as averb, pronounced [koˈmet̪ãn]. cometo is at rank #47,012, tagged as averb, pronounced [koˈmet̪o].

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 75302, this pair ranks #19,827 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cometan vs cometo

Shared letters: cemot. Private to "cometan": an. Private to "cometo": -.

"cometan" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "cometo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cometanccometan · cmoetan · coemtan · comeatn · cometann · comettan · commetan · comtean
  • cometoccometo · cmoeto · coemto · comeot · cometto · commeto · comteo · ocmeto

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cometan" for "cometo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([koˈmet̪ãn] versus [koˈmet̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cometan" or "cometo" show up more?
"cometan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,290 in our Spanish list, against #47,012 for "cometo". 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 "cometan" and "cometo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cometan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cometo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #19,827 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cometan" and "cometo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cometo vs comezón". 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 #19,827 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