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

#36,483
“comprometa” frequency rank
#46,429
“comprometía” frequency rank
82912
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comprometa comprometía
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de comprometer o de comprometerse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de comprometer o de comprometerse.

Where the eye mixes comprometa and comprometía

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. comprometa runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVCV) against comprometía's 11 (CVCCCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
comprometa
11 ch
comprometía

Visual trap between comprometa and comprometía

A purely visual mix-up. comprometa ([kõmpɾoˈmet̪a]) and comprometía ([kõmpɾomeˈt̪ia]) 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 82912, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comprometa is recorded at frequency rank #36,483, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmpɾoˈmet̪a]. comprometía is at rank #46,429, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmpɾomeˈt̪ia].

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 82912, this pair ranks #8,705 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of comprometa vs comprometía

Shared letters: acemoprt. Private to "comprometa": -. Private to "comprometía": í.

"comprometa" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV  ·  "comprometía" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comprometa ← ccomprometa · cmoprometa · commprometa · compormeta · compprometa · comprmoeta · comproemta · compromeat

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "comprometa" and "comprometía" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kõmpɾoˈmet̪a] versus [kõmpɾomeˈt̪ia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "comprometa" or "comprometía"?
"comprometa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,483 in our Spanish list, against #46,429 for "comprometía". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "comprometa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comprometía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,705 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comprometa" and "comprometía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comprometan vs comprometía". 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 #8,705 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