cometidasvscomidasConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#22,988
“cometidas” frequency rank
#5,810
“comidas” frequency rank
28798
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cometidas comidas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de cometido, participio de cometer o de cometerse. Forma del femenino plural de comido, participio de comer.

Where the eye mixes cometidas and comidas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
cometidas
7 ch
comidas

Why the eye confuses cometidas with comidas

A purely visual mix-up. cometidas ([komeˈt̪ið̞as]) and comidas ([koˈmið̞as]) 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 28798, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cometidas is recorded at frequency rank #22,988, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [komeˈt̪ið̞as]. comidas is at rank #5,810, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [koˈmið̞as].

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 28798, this pair ranks #220,210 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cometidas vs comidas

Shared letters: acdimos. Private to "cometidas": et. Private to "comidas": -.

"cometidas" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "comidas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cometidasccometidas · cmoetidas · coemtidas · comeitdas · cometdias · cometiads · cometidass · cometiddas
  • comidasccomidas · cmoidas · coimdas · comdias · comiads · comidass · comiddas · comidsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cometidas" and "comidas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([komeˈt̪ið̞as] versus [koˈmið̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cometidas" vs "comidas" - which ranks higher?
"comidas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,810 in our Spanish list, against #22,988 for "cometidas". 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 "cometidas" and "comidas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cometidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #220,210 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cometidas" and "comidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comentadas vs cometidas". 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 #220,210 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