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.
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
- competido ← ccompetido · cmopetido · comeptido · commpetido · compeitdo · competdio · competiddo · competiod
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "competido" and "compitió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "competido" or "compitió" show up more?
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.