cometovscomióWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#47,012
“cometo” frequency rank
#10,810
“comió” frequency rank
57822
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cometo comió
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente 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 cometo and comió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
cometo
5 ch
comió

Visual trap between cometo and comió

A purely visual mix-up. cometo ([koˈmet̪o]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cometo is recorded at frequency rank #47,012, classified as averb, pronounced [koˈmet̪o]. 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 57822, this pair ranks #68,932 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cometo vs comió

Shared letters: cmo. Private to "cometo": et. Private to "comió": .

"cometo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "comió" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cometoccometo · cmoeto · coemto · comeot · cometto · commeto · comteo · ocmeto

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cometo" for "comió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([koˈmet̪o] versus [koˈmjo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cometo" or "comió" show up more?
"comió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,810 in our Spanish list, against #47,012 for "cometo". 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 "cometo" and "comió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cometo" 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 #68,932 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cometo" and "comió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cometo vs comezón". 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 #68,932 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