cometevscometióConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#10,289
“comete” frequency rank
#9,087
“cometió” frequency rank
19376
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comete cometió
Definition Segunda persona del singular (vos) del imperativo afirmativo de comerse (con el pronombre «te» enclítico). Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de cometer o de cometerse.

Where the eye mixes comete and cometió

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

6 ch
comete
7 ch
cometió

Look-alike desk: comete vs cometió

A purely visual mix-up. comete ([koˈmet̪e]) and cometió ([komeˈt̪jo]) 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 19376, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comete is recorded at frequency rank #10,289, classified as averb, pronounced [koˈmet̪e]. cometió is at rank #9,087, tagged as averb, pronounced [komeˈt̪jo].

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 19376, this pair ranks #264,009 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of comete vs cometió

Shared letters: cemot. Private to "comete": -. Private to "cometió": .

"comete" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "cometió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cometeccomete · cmoete · coemte · comeet · comette · commete · comtee · ocmete

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "comete" and "cometió" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([koˈmet̪e] versus [komeˈt̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "comete" vs "cometió" - which ranks higher?
"cometió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,087 in our Spanish list, against #10,289 for "comete". 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 "comete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cometió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #264,009 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comete" and "cometió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "camote vs comete". 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 #264,009 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