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

#5,811
“comparten” frequency rank
#9,423
“compartió” frequency rank
15234
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comparten compartió
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de compartir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de compartir.

Where the eye mixes comparten and compartió

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

9 ch
comparten
9 ch
compartió

Why the eye confuses comparten with compartió

A purely visual mix-up. comparten ([kõmˈpaɾt̪ẽn]) and compartió ([kõmpaɾˈt̪jo]) 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 15234, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comparten is recorded at frequency rank #5,811, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmˈpaɾt̪ẽn]. compartió is at rank #9,423, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmpaɾˈt̪jo].

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 15234, this pair ranks #281,009 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of comparten vs compartió

Shared letters: acmoprt. Private to "comparten": en. Private to "compartió": .

"comparten" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "compartió" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • compartenccomparten · cmoparten · comaprten · commparten · comparetn · comparrten · compartenn · compartne

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "comparten" and "compartió" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kõmˈpaɾt̪ẽn] versus [kõmpaɾˈt̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "comparten" or "compartió"?
"comparten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,811 in our Spanish list, against #9,423 for "compartió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "comparten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "compartió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #281,009 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comparten" and "compartió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comparten 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 #281,009 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