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

#46,429
“comprometía” frequency rank
#15,319
“comprometió” frequency rank
61748
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comprometía comprometió
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto 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 comprometía and comprometió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. comprometía and comprometió follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
comprometía
11 ch
comprometió

Look-alike desk: comprometía vs comprometió

A purely visual mix-up. comprometía ([kõmpɾomeˈt̪ia]) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61748, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comprometía is recorded at frequency rank #46,429, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmpɾomeˈt̪ia]. 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 61748, this pair ranks #54,364 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of comprometía vs comprometió

Shared letters: cemoprt. Private to "comprometía": aí. Private to "comprometió": ió.

"comprometía" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVV  ·  "comprometió" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "comprometía" and "comprometió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kõmpɾomeˈt̪ia] versus [kõmpɾomeˈt̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "comprometía" or "comprometió" show up more?
"comprometió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,319 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "comprometía" 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 #54,364 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comprometía" and "comprometió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comprometan vs comprometía". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #54,364 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