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

#34,507
“cometida” frequency rank
#604
“comida” frequency rank
35111
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cometida comida
Definition Acometida. Acción o efecto de comer.

Where the eye mixes cometida and comida

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
cometida
6 ch
comida

Visual trap between cometida and comida

A purely visual mix-up. cometida ([komeˈt̪ið̞a]) and comida ([koˈmið̞a]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35111, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cometida is recorded at frequency rank #34,507, classified as anoun, pronounced [komeˈt̪ið̞a]. comida is at rank #604, tagged as anoun, pronounced [koˈmið̞a].

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 35111, this pair ranks #187,815 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cometida vs comida

Shared letters: acdimo. Private to "cometida": et. Private to "comida": -.

"cometida" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "comida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cometidaccometida · cmoetida · coemtida · comeitda · cometdia · cometiad · cometidda · comettida
  • comidaccomida · cmoida · coimda · comdia · comiad · comidda · commida · ocmida

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cometida" for "comida" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([komeˈt̪ið̞a] versus [koˈmið̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cometida" vs "comida" - which ranks higher?
"comida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #604 in our Spanish list, against #34,507 for "cometida". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cometida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #187,815 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cometida" and "comida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cometida vs competía". 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 #187,815 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