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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cometidas" and "comidas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cometidas" vs "comidas" - which ranks higher?
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.