cometióvscomióWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#9,087
“cometió” frequency rank
#10,810
“comió” frequency rank
19897
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cometió comió
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de cometer o de cometerse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de comer o de comerse.

Where the eye mixes cometió and comió

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

7 ch
cometió
5 ch
comió

Look-alike desk: cometió vs comió

A purely visual mix-up. cometió ([komeˈt̪jo]) and comió ([koˈmjo]) 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 19897, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cometió is recorded at frequency rank #9,087, classified as averb, pronounced [komeˈt̪jo]. comió is at rank #10,810, tagged as averb, pronounced [koˈmjo].

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 19897, this pair ranks #261,737 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cometió vs comió

Shared letters: cimoó. Private to "cometió": et. Private to "comió": -.

"cometió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "comió" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cometió" and "comió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([komeˈt̪jo] versus [koˈmjo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cometió" vs "comió" - which ranks higher?
"cometió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,087 in our Spanish list, against #10,810 for "comió". 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 "cometió" and "comió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cometió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #261,737 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cometió" and "comió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coin vs comió". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #261,737 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