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Which to use

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

#25,950
“comprobante” frequency rank
#31,714
“comprobantes” frequency rank
57664
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comprobante comprobantes
Definition Que comprueba. Forma del plural de comprobante.

Where the eye mixes comprobante and comprobantes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. comprobante runs 11 letters (CVCCCVCVCCV) against comprobantes's 12 (CVCCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
comprobante
12 ch
comprobantes

Visual trap between comprobante and comprobantes

A purely visual mix-up. comprobante ([kõmpɾoˈβ̞ãn̪t̪e]) and comprobantes ([kõmpɾoˈβ̞ãn̪t̪es]) 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 extra letter(s) - “comprobante” sits inside “comprobantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57664, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comprobante is recorded at frequency rank #25,950, classified as anadj, pronounced [kõmpɾoˈβ̞ãn̪t̪e]. comprobantes is at rank #31,714, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kõmpɾoˈβ̞ãn̪t̪es].

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 57664, this pair ranks #69,585 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of comprobante vs comprobantes

Shared letters: abcemnoprt. Private to "comprobante": -. Private to "comprobantes": s.

"comprobante" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCCV  ·  "comprobantes" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comprobante ← ccomprobante · cmoprobante · commprobante · comporbante · compprobante · comprboante · comproabnte · comprobanet
  • comprobantes ← ccomprobantes · cmoprobantes · commprobantes · comporbantes · compprobantes · comprboantes · comproabntes · comprobanets

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "comprobante" for "comprobantes" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõmpɾoˈβ̞ãn̪t̪e] versus [kõmpɾoˈβ̞ãn̪t̪es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "comprobante" vs "comprobantes" - which ranks higher?
"comprobante" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,950 in our Spanish list, against #31,714 for "comprobantes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "comprobante" and "comprobantes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comprobante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comprobantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,585 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comprobante" and "comprobantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comprobando vs comprobante". 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 #69,585 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