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Which to use

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

#47,016
“competido” frequency rank
#42,349
“compitió” frequency rank
89365
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature competido compitió
Definition Participio de competer. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de competir.

Where the eye mixes competido and compitió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

9 ch
competido
8 ch
compitió

Look-alike desk: competido vs compitió

A purely visual mix-up. competido ([kõmpeˈt̪ið̞o]) and compitió ([kõmpiˈt̪jo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89365, 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]. compitió is at rank #42,349, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmpiˈt̪jo].

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 89365, this pair ranks #3,182 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of competido vs compitió

Shared letters: cimopt. Private to "competido": de. Private to "compitió": ó.

"competido" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "compitió" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • competidoccompetido · cmopetido · comeptido · commpetido · compeitdo · competdio · competiddo · competiod

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "competido" and "compitió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kõmpeˈt̪ið̞o] versus [kõmpiˈt̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "competido" or "compitió" show up more?
"compitió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,349 in our Spanish list, against #47,016 for "competido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "competido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "compitió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,182 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "competido" and "compitió" 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 #3,182 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