comprometidovscomprometióConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#7,402
“comprometido” frequency rank
#15,319
“comprometió” frequency rank
22721
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comprometido comprometió
Definition Participio de comprometer. 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 comprometido and comprometió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. comprometido runs 12 letters (CVCCCVCVCVCV) against comprometió's 11 (CVCCCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
comprometido
11 ch
comprometió

Why the eye confuses comprometido with comprometió

A purely visual mix-up. comprometido ([kõmpɾomeˈt̪ið̞o]) 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 22721, 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]. 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 22721, this pair ranks #249,031 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of comprometido vs comprometió

Shared letters: ceimoprt. Private to "comprometido": d. Private to "comprometió": ó.

"comprometido" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVCV  ·  "comprometió" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comprometido ← ccomprometido · cmoprometido · commprometido · compormetido · compprometido · comprmoetido · comproemtido · compromeitdo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "comprometido" and "comprometió" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kõmpɾomeˈt̪ið̞o] versus [kõmpɾomeˈt̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "comprometido" vs "comprometió" - which ranks higher?
"comprometido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,402 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 "comprometido" and "comprometió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comprometido" 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 #249,031 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comprometido" 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 #249,031 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