compartanvscompartíaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“compartan” and “compartía” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,293
“compartan” frequency rank
#19,064
“compartía” frequency rank
35357
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature compartan compartía
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de compartir. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de compartir.

Where the eye mixes compartan and compartía

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
compartan
9 ch
compartía

Visual trap between compartan and compartía

A purely visual mix-up. compartan ([kõmˈpaɾt̪ãn]) and compartía ([kõmpaɾˈt̪ia]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35357, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

compartan is recorded at frequency rank #16,293, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmˈpaɾt̪ãn]. compartía is at rank #19,064, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmpaɾˈt̪ia].

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 35357, this pair ranks #186,540 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of compartan vs compartía

Shared letters: acmoprt. Private to "compartan": n. Private to "compartía": í.

"compartan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "compartía" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • compartanccompartan · cmopartan · comaprtan · commpartan · comparatn · comparrtan · compartann · compartna

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "compartan" for "compartía" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõmˈpaɾt̪ãn] versus [kõmpaɾˈt̪ia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "compartan" vs "compartía" - which ranks higher?
"compartan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,293 in our Spanish list, against #19,064 for "compartía". 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 "compartan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "compartía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #186,540 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "compartan" and "compartía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "compartía vs competía". 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 #186,540 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