Which to use
“compañía” is a noun and “compasiva” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #705
- “compañía” frequency rank
- #44,060
- “compasiva” frequency rank
- 44765
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | compañía | compasiva |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acto o consecuencia de acompañar o acompañarse; de estar, ser o existir junto a otro u otros. | Forma del femenino de compasivo. |
Where the eye mixes compañía and compasiva
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. compañía runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against compasiva's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses compañía with compasiva
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: compañía is [kõmpaˈɲia] while compasiva is [kõmpaˈsiβ̞a]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44765, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
compañía is recorded at frequency rank #705, classified as anoun, pronounced [kõmpaˈɲia]. compasiva is at rank #44,060, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kõmpaˈsiβ̞a].
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 44765, this pair ranks #135,251 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of compañía vs compasiva
Shared letters: acmop. Private to "compañía": íñ. Private to "compasiva": isv.
"compañía" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "compasiva" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- compasiva ← ccompasiva · cmopasiva · comapsiva · commpasiva · compaciva · compaisva · compasiav · compasiba
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "compañía" and "compasiva" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "compañía" or "compasiva"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "compañía" and "compasiva" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "compañía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "compasiva" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #135,251 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "compañía" and "compasiva" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "combativa vs compasiva". 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 #135,251 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.