compartevscomportenConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#3,907
“comparte” frequency rank
#49,524
“comporten” frequency rank
53431
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comparte comporten
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de compartir. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de comportar o de comportarse.

Where the eye mixes comparte and comporten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
comparte
9 ch
comporten

Look-alike desk: comparte vs comporten

A purely visual mix-up. comparte ([kõmˈpaɾt̪e]) and comporten ([kõmˈpoɾt̪ẽn]) 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 53431, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comparte is recorded at frequency rank #3,907, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmˈpaɾt̪e]. comporten is at rank #49,524, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmˈpoɾt̪ẽn].

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 53431, this pair ranks #87,901 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of comparte vs comporten

Shared letters: cemoprt. Private to "comparte": a. Private to "comporten": n.

"comparte" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "comporten" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comparteccomparte · cmoparte · comaprte · commparte · comparet · comparrte · compartte · compatre
  • comportenccomporten · cmoporten · commporten · comoprten · comporetn · comporrten · comportenn · comportne

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "comparte" and "comporten" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kõmˈpaɾt̪e] versus [kõmˈpoɾt̪ẽn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "comparte" or "comporten" show up more?
"comparte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,907 in our Spanish list, against #49,524 for "comporten". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "comparte" and "comporten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comparte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comporten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #87,901 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comparte" and "comporten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comportar vs comporten". 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 #87,901 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