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Which to use

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

#41,809
“compartas” frequency rank
#22,616
“compartían” frequency rank
64425
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature compartas compartían
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de compartir. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de compartir.

Where the eye mixes compartas and compartían

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

9 ch
compartas
10 ch
compartían

Look-alike desk: compartas vs compartían

A purely visual mix-up. compartas ([kõmˈpaɾt̪as]) and compartían ([kõmpaɾˈt̪iãn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64425, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

compartas is recorded at frequency rank #41,809, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmˈpaɾt̪as]. compartían is at rank #22,616, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmpaɾˈt̪iãn].

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 64425, this pair ranks #45,639 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of compartas vs compartían

Shared letters: acmoprt. Private to "compartas": s. Private to "compartían": .

"compartas" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "compartían" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • compartasccompartas · cmopartas · comaprtas · commpartas · comparats · comparrtas · compartass · compartsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "compartas" for "compartían" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõmˈpaɾt̪as] versus [kõmpaɾˈt̪iãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "compartas" vs "compartían" - which ranks higher?
"compartían" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,616 in our Spanish list, against #41,809 for "compartas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "compartas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "compartían" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,639 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "compartas" and "compartían" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "compartas vs comportar". 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 #45,639 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