compartidovscomportadoConfusable pair

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.

10 ch
compartido
10 ch
comportado

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?
No. They are said differently ([kõmpaɾˈt̪ið̞o] versus [kõmpoɾˈt̪að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "compartido" or "comportado" show up more?
"compartido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,384 in our Spanish list, against #38,585 for "comportado". 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 "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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list