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

#19,064
“compartía” frequency rank
#9,423
“compartió” frequency rank
28487
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature compartía compartió
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto 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 compartía and compartió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. compartía and compartió follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
compartía
9 ch
compartió

Look-alike desk: compartía vs compartió

A purely visual mix-up. compartía ([kõmpaɾˈt̪ia]) 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 28487, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

compartía is recorded at frequency rank #19,064, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmpaɾˈt̪ia]. 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 28487, this pair ranks #221,794 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of compartía vs compartió

Shared letters: acmoprt. Private to "compartía": í. Private to "compartió": ió.

"compartía" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV  ·  "compartió" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "compartía" and "compartió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kõmpaɾˈt̪ia] versus [kõmpaɾˈt̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "compartía" or "compartió" show up more?
"compartió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,423 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.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "compartía" 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 #221,794 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "compartía" and "compartió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "compartía vs competía". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #221,794 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