Which to use
“competido” and “competirá” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,016
- “competido” frequency rank
- #41,810
- “competirá” frequency rank
- 88826
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | competido | competirá |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de competer. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de competir. |
Where the eye mixes competido and competirá
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. competido and competirá follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between competido and competirá
A purely visual mix-up. competido ([kõmpeˈt̪ið̞o]) and competirá ([kõmpet̪iˈɾa]) 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 88826, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
competido is recorded at frequency rank #47,016, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmpeˈt̪ið̞o]. competirá is at rank #41,810, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmpet̪iˈɾa].
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 88826, this pair ranks #3,515 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of competido vs competirá
Shared letters: ceimopt. Private to "competido": d. Private to "competirá": rá.
"competido" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "competirá" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- competido ← ccompetido · cmopetido · comeptido · commpetido · compeitdo · competdio · competiddo · competiod
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "competido" for "competirá" ever safe?
Which is more common, "competido" or "competirá"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "competido" and "competirá" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "competido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "competirá" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,515 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "competido" and "competirá" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "competía vs competido". 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 #3,515 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.