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

#12,553
“cometen” frequency rank
#47,012
“cometo” frequency rank
59565
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes cometen and cometo

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

7 ch
cometen
6 ch
cometo

Look-alike desk: cometen vs cometo

A purely visual mix-up. cometen ([koˈmet̪ẽn]) 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 59565, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cometen is recorded at frequency rank #12,553, classified as averb, pronounced [koˈmet̪ẽn]. 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 59565, this pair ranks #62,145 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cometen vs cometo

Shared letters: cemot. Private to "cometen": n. Private to "cometo": -.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cometenccometen · cmoeten · coemten · comeetn · cometenn · cometne · cometten · commeten
  • cometoccometo · cmoeto · coemto · comeot · cometto · commeto · comteo · ocmeto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cometen" and "cometo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([koˈmet̪ẽn] versus [koˈmet̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cometen" vs "cometo" - which ranks higher?
"cometen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,553 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cometen" 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 #62,145 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cometen" 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 #62,145 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