comióvsCongoConfusable pair

Quick tell: comió is a verb, Congo is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#10,810
“comió” frequency rank
#8,492
“Congo” frequency rank
19302
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comió Congo
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de comer o de comerse. País del África ecuatorial, con capital en Brazzaville, antiguamente una colonia francesa.

Where the eye mixes comió and Congo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
comió
5 ch
Congo

Look-alike desk: comió vs Congo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comió is [koˈmjo] while Congo is [ˈkõŋgo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19302, 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]. Congo is at rank #8,492, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈkõŋgo].

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 19302, this pair ranks #264,341 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of comió vs Congo

Shared letters: co. Private to "comió": imó. Private to "Congo": gn.

"comió" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "Congo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Congoccongo · cnogo · cogno · conggo · conngo · conog · ocngo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "comió" for "Congo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "comió" is a verb and "Congo" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "comió" or "Congo" show up more?
"Congo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,492 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.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Congo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #264,341 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comió" and "Congo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coin vs comió". 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 #264,341 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