Which to use
“comprobados” is a participle and “comprobamos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,063
- “comprobados” frequency rank
- #36,482
- “comprobamos” frequency rank
- 80545
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comprobados | comprobamos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de comprobado, participio de comprobar. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de comprobar. |
Where the eye mixes comprobados and comprobamos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: comprobados vs comprobamos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comprobados is [kõmpɾoˈβ̞að̞os] while comprobamos is [kõmpɾoˈβ̞amos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - d in “comprobados” becomes m in “comprobamos”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80545, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comprobados is recorded at frequency rank #44,063, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõmpɾoˈβ̞að̞os]. comprobamos is at rank #36,482, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmpɾoˈβ̞amos].
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 80545, this pair ranks #11,499 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of comprobados vs comprobamos
Shared letters: abcmoprs. Private to "comprobados": d. Private to "comprobamos": -.
"comprobados" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC · "comprobamos" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comprobados ← ccomprobados · cmoprobados · commprobados · comporbados · compprobados · comprboados · comproabdos · comprobaddos
- comprobamos ← ccomprobamos · cmoprobamos · commprobamos · comporbamos · compprobamos · comprboamos · comproabmos · comprobammos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "comprobados" and "comprobamos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "comprobados" or "comprobamos"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "comprobados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comprobamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,499 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comprobados" and "comprobamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comprobada vs comprobados". 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 #11,499 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.