comidasvscomimosConfusable pair

Quick tell: comidas is a participle, comimos is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“comidas” is a participle and “comimos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,810
“comidas” frequency rank
#21,607
“comimos” frequency rank
27417
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comidas comimos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de comido, participio de comer. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de comer o de comerse.

Where the eye mixes comidas and comimos

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

7 ch
comidas
7 ch
comimos

Visual trap between comidas and comimos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comidas is [koˈmið̞as] while comimos is [koˈmimos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27417, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comidas is recorded at frequency rank #5,810, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [koˈmið̞as]. comimos is at rank #21,607, tagged as averb, pronounced [koˈmimos].

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 27417, this pair ranks #226,917 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of comidas vs comimos

Shared letters: cimos. Private to "comidas": ad. Private to "comimos": -.

"comidas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "comimos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comidasccomidas · cmoidas · coimdas · comdias · comiads · comidass · comiddas · comidsa
  • comimosccomimos · cmoimos · coimmos · comimmos · comimoss · comimso · comioms · commimos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "comidas" and "comimos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "comidas" is a participle and "comimos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "comidas" vs "comimos" - which ranks higher?
"comidas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,810 in our Spanish list, against #21,607 for "comimos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "comidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comimos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #226,917 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comidas" and "comimos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comimos vs copiamos". 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 #226,917 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