Which to use
“comprometidos” is a participle and “comprometió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,785
- “comprometidos” frequency rank
- #15,319
- “comprometió” frequency rank
- 25104
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comprometidos | comprometió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de comprometido, 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 comprometidos and comprometió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. comprometidos runs 13 letters (CVCCCVCVCVCVC) against comprometió's 11 (CVCCCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses comprometidos with comprometió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comprometidos is [kõmpɾomeˈt̪ið̞os] while comprometió is [kõmpɾomeˈt̪jo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25104, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comprometidos is recorded at frequency rank #9,785, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõmpɾomeˈt̪ið̞os]. 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 25104, this pair ranks #237,988 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of comprometidos vs comprometió
Shared letters: ceimoprt. Private to "comprometidos": ds. Private to "comprometió": ó.
"comprometidos" · 13 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVCVC · "comprometió" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- comprometidos ← ccomprometidos · cmoprometidos · commprometidos · compormetidos · compprometidos · comprmoetidos · comproemtidos · compromeitdos
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "comprometidos" and "comprometió" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "comprometidos" vs "comprometió" - which ranks higher?
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 "comprometidos" 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 #237,988 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comprometidos" 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 #237,988 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.