comiciosvscomisiónWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#10,116
“comicios” frequency rank
#839
“comisión” frequency rank
10955
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comicios comisión
Definition Elecciones políticas. Acción de cometer.

Where the eye mixes comicios and comisión

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

8 ch
comicios
8 ch
comisión

Look-alike desk: comicios vs comisión

A purely visual mix-up. comicios ([koˈmisjos]) and comisión ([komiˈsjõn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10955, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comicios is recorded at frequency rank #10,116, classified as anoun, pronounced [koˈmisjos]. comisión is at rank #839, tagged as anoun, pronounced [komiˈsjõn].

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 10955, this pair ranks #296,756 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of comicios vs comisión

Shared letters: cimos. Private to "comicios": -. Private to "comisión": .

"comicios" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "comisión" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comiciosccomicios · cmoicios · coimcios · comciios · comiccios · comicioss · comiciso · comicois

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "comicios" and "comisión" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([koˈmisjos] versus [komiˈsjõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "comicios" or "comisión"?
"comisión" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #839 in our Spanish list, against #10,116 for "comicios". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "comicios" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comisión" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #296,756 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comicios" and "comisión" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comicios vs cósmicos". 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 #296,756 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