Which to use
“compartido” and “comportado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,384
- “compartido” frequency rank
- #38,585
- “comportado” frequency rank
- 44969
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | compartido | comportado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de compartir. | Participio de comportar o de comportarse. |
Where the eye mixes compartido and comportado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. compartido and comportado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses compartido with comportado
A purely visual mix-up. compartido ([kõmpaɾˈt̪ið̞o]) and comportado ([kõmpoɾˈt̪að̞o]) 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 44969, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
compartido is recorded at frequency rank #6,384, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmpaɾˈt̪ið̞o]. comportado is at rank #38,585, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmpoɾˈt̪að̞o].
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 44969, this pair ranks #134,055 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of compartido vs comportado
Shared letters: acdmoprt. Private to "compartido": i. Private to "comportado": -.
"compartido" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV · "comportado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- compartido ← ccompartido · cmopartido · comaprtido · commpartido · comparitdo · comparrtido · compartdio · compartiddo
- comportado ← ccomportado · cmoportado · commportado · comoprtado · comporatdo · comporrtado · comportaddo · comportaod
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "compartido" for "comportado" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "compartido" or "comportado" show up more?
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 "compartido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comportado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #134,055 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "compartido" and "comportado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comportaba vs comportado". 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 #134,055 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.