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

#10,118
“comprometida” frequency rank
#9,785
“comprometidos” frequency rank
19903
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comprometida comprometidos
Definition Forma del femenino de comprometido, participio de comprometer. Forma del plural de comprometido, participio de comprometer.

Where the eye mixes comprometida and comprometidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. comprometida runs 12 letters (CVCCCVCVCVCV) against comprometidos's 13 (CVCCCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
comprometida
13 ch
comprometidos

Visual trap between comprometida and comprometidos

A purely visual mix-up. comprometida ([kõmpɾomeˈt̪ið̞a]) and comprometidos ([kõmpɾomeˈt̪ið̞os]) 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 19903, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comprometida is recorded at frequency rank #10,118, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõmpɾomeˈt̪ið̞a]. comprometidos is at rank #9,785, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõmpɾomeˈt̪ið̞os].

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 19903, this pair ranks #261,712 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of comprometida vs comprometidos

Shared letters: cdeimoprt. Private to "comprometida": a. Private to "comprometidos": s.

"comprometida" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVCV  ·  "comprometidos" · 13 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comprometida ← ccomprometida · cmoprometida · commprometida · compormetida · compprometida · comprmoetida · comproemtida · compromeitda
  • comprometidos ← ccomprometidos · cmoprometidos · commprometidos · compormetidos · compprometidos · comprmoetidos · comproemtidos · compromeitdos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "comprometida" for "comprometidos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõmpɾomeˈt̪ið̞a] versus [kõmpɾomeˈt̪ið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "comprometida" or "comprometidos"?
"comprometidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,785 in our Spanish list, against #10,118 for "comprometida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comprometida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comprometidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #261,712 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comprometida" and "comprometidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comprometemos vs comprometidos". 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 #261,712 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