Which to use
“comunicado” is a noun and “comunicamos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,106
- “comunicado” frequency rank
- #32,139
- “comunicamos” frequency rank
- 35245
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comunicado | comunicamos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Comunicación escrita que contiene alguna declaración unilateral, desmentido, etc, que se quiere hacer a la sociedad, normalmente a través de algún medio de comunicación y conteniendo la versión oficial del autor respecto a esa cuestión. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de comunicar o de comunicarse. |
Where the eye mixes comunicado and comunicamos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: comunicado vs comunicamos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comunicado is [komuniˈkað̞o] while comunicamos is [komuniˈkamos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35245, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comunicado is recorded at frequency rank #3,106, classified as anoun, pronounced [komuniˈkað̞o]. comunicamos is at rank #32,139, tagged as averb, pronounced [komuniˈkamos].
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 35245, this pair ranks #187,138 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of comunicado vs comunicamos
Shared letters: acimnou. Private to "comunicado": d. Private to "comunicamos": s.
"comunicado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV · "comunicamos" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comunicado ← ccomunicado · cmounicado · communicado · comnuicado · comuincado · comunciado · comuniacdo · comunicaddo
- comunicamos ← ccomunicamos · cmounicamos · communicamos · comnuicamos · comuincamos · comunciamos · comuniacmos · comunicammos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "comunicado" for "comunicamos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "comunicado" vs "comunicamos" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "comunicado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comunicamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #187,138 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comunicado" and "comunicamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comunicamos vs comunicaron". 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 #187,138 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.