comprometidosvscomprometióWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: comprometidos is a participle, comprometió is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

13 ch
comprometidos
11 ch
comprometió

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?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "comprometidos" is a participle and "comprometió" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "comprometidos" vs "comprometió" - which ranks higher?
"comprometidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,785 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.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list