Which to use
“comió” is a verb and “costo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,810
- “comió” frequency rank
- #1,763
- “costo” frequency rank
- 12573
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comió | costo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de comer o de comerse. | Precio pagado por un bien o servicio, o imputado a la producción de este. |
Where the eye mixes comió and costo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: comió vs costo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comió is [koˈmjo] while costo is [ˈkost̪o]. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12573, 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]. costo is at rank #1,763, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkost̪o].
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 12573, this pair ranks #291,056 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of comió vs costo
Shared letters: co. Private to "comió": imó. Private to "costo": st.
"comió" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "costo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- costo ← ccosto · cosot · cossto · costto · cotso · csoto · ocsto
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "comió" for "costo" ever safe?
Frequency check: "comió" vs "costo" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "comió" and "costo" 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 "costo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #291,056 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comió" and "costo" 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 #291,056 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.