comióvscommonWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: comió is a verb, common is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“comió” is a verb and “common” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,810
“comió” frequency rank
#24,064
“common” frequency rank
34874
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes comió and common

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

5 ch
comió
6 ch
common

Visual trap between comió and common

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comió is [koˈmjo] while common is /ˈkɒm.ən/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34874, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comió is recorded at frequency rank #10,810, classified as averb, pronounced [koˈmjo]. common is at rank #24,064, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈkɒm.ən/.

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 34874, this pair ranks #189,064 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of comió vs common

Shared letters: cmo. Private to "comió": . Private to "common": n.

"comió" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "common" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • commonccommon · cmomon · commno · commonn · comomn · comon · ocmmon

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "comió" and "common" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "comió" is a verb and "common" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "comió" or "common"?
"comió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,810 in our Spanish list, against #24,064 for "common". 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 "comió" and "common" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "common" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #189,064 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comió" and "common" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comme vs common". 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 #189,064 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