Which to use
“comprometido” is a verb and “comprometidos” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,402
- “comprometido” frequency rank
- #9,785
- “comprometidos” frequency rank
- 17187
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comprometido | comprometidos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de comprometer. | Forma del plural de comprometido, participio de comprometer. |
Where the eye mixes comprometido and comprometidos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: comprometido vs comprometidos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comprometido is [kõmpɾomeˈt̪ið̞o] while comprometidos is [kõmpɾomeˈt̪ið̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “comprometido” sits inside “comprometidos”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17187, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comprometido is recorded at frequency rank #7,402, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmpɾomeˈt̪ið̞o]. 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 17187, this pair ranks #273,197 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of comprometido vs comprometidos
Shared letters: cdeimoprt. Private to "comprometido": -. Private to "comprometidos": s.
"comprometido" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVCV · "comprometidos" · 13 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comprometido ← ccomprometido · cmoprometido · commprometido · compormetido · compprometido · comprmoetido · comproemtido · compromeitdo
- comprometidos ← ccomprometidos · cmoprometidos · commprometidos · compormetidos · compprometidos · comprmoetidos · comproemtidos · compromeitdos
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "comprometido" 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 #273,197 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comprometido" 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 #273,197 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.