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Which to use

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

#12,998
“compromete” frequency rank
#15,319
“comprometió” frequency rank
28317
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature compromete comprometió
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de comprometer o de comprometerse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de comprometer o de comprometerse.

Where the eye mixes compromete and comprometió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. compromete runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVCV) against comprometió's 11 (CVCCCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
compromete
11 ch
comprometió

Why the eye confuses compromete with comprometió

A purely visual mix-up. compromete ([kõmpɾoˈmet̪e]) and comprometió ([kõmpɾomeˈt̪jo]) 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 28317, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

compromete is recorded at frequency rank #12,998, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmpɾoˈmet̪e]. comprometió is at rank #15,319, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmpɾomeˈt̪jo].

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 28317, this pair ranks #222,617 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of compromete vs comprometió

Shared letters: cemoprt. Private to "compromete": -. Private to "comprometió": ió.

"compromete" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV  ·  "comprometió" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • compromete ← ccompromete · cmopromete · commpromete · compormete · comppromete · comprmoete · comproemte · compromeet

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "compromete" for "comprometió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõmpɾoˈmet̪e] versus [kõmpɾomeˈt̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "compromete" vs "comprometió" - which ranks higher?
"compromete" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,998 in our Spanish list, against #15,319 for "comprometió". 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 "compromete" and "comprometió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "compromete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comprometió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #222,617 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "compromete" and "comprometió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comprometía vs comprometió". 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 #222,617 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