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

#23,351
“comprometidas” frequency rank
#9,785
“comprometidos” frequency rank
33136
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes comprometidas and comprometidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. comprometidas and comprometidos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

13 ch
comprometidas
13 ch
comprometidos

Why the eye confuses comprometidas with comprometidos

A purely visual mix-up. comprometidas ([kõmpɾomeˈt̪ið̞as]) 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 a single letter - a in “comprometidas” becomes o in “comprometidos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33136, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comprometidas is recorded at frequency rank #23,351, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõmpɾomeˈt̪ið̞as]. 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 33136, this pair ranks #198,411 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of comprometidas vs comprometidos

Shared letters: cdeimoprst. Private to "comprometidas": a. Private to "comprometidos": -.

"comprometidas" · 13 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVCVC  ·  "comprometidos" · 13 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comprometidas ← ccomprometidas · cmoprometidas · commprometidas · compormetidas · compprometidas · comprmoetidas · comproemtidas · compromeitdas
  • comprometidos ← ccomprometidos · cmoprometidos · commprometidos · compormetidos · compprometidos · comprmoetidos · comproemtidos · compromeitdos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "comprometidas" and "comprometidos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kõmpɾomeˈt̪ið̞as] versus [kõmpɾomeˈt̪ið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "comprometidas" vs "comprometidos" - which ranks higher?
"comprometidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,785 in our Spanish list, against #23,351 for "comprometidas". 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 "comprometidas" 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 #198,411 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comprometidas" and "comprometidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comprometía vs comprometidas". 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 #198,411 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