Which to use
“cometen” is a verb and “comité” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,553
- “cometen” frequency rank
- #1,670
- “comité” frequency rank
- 14223
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cometen | comité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de cometer o de cometerse. | Grupo reducido de personas que se encargan de tratar asuntos en nombre de un grupo mayor. |
Where the eye mixes cometen and comité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between cometen and comité
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cometen is [koˈmet̪ẽn] while comité is [komiˈt̪e]. 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 14223, 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]. comité is at rank #1,670, tagged as anoun, pronounced [komiˈt̪e].
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 14223, this pair ranks #284,963 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cometen vs comité
Shared letters: cmot. Private to "cometen": en. Private to "comité": ié.
"cometen" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "comité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cometen ← ccometen · cmoeten · coemten · comeetn · cometenn · cometne · cometten · commeten
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cometen" for "comité" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cometen" vs "comité" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cometen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #284,963 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cometen" and "comité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comerán vs cometen". 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 #284,963 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.