Which to use
“comunicado” is a noun and “comunicaron” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,106
- “comunicado” frequency rank
- #34,510
- “comunicaron” frequency rank
- 37616
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comunicado | comunicaron |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de comunicar o de comunicarse. |
Where the eye mixes comunicado and comunicaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between comunicado and comunicaron
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comunicado is [komuniˈkað̞o] while comunicaron is [komuniˈkaɾõn]. 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 37616, 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]. comunicaron is at rank #34,510, tagged as averb, pronounced [komuniˈkaɾõn].
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 37616, this pair ranks #174,354 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of comunicado vs comunicaron
Shared letters: acimnou. Private to "comunicado": d. Private to "comunicaron": r.
"comunicado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV · "comunicaron" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comunicado ← ccomunicado · cmounicado · communicado · comnuicado · comuincado · comunciado · comuniacdo · comunicaddo
- comunicaron ← ccomunicaron · cmounicaron · communicaron · comnuicaron · comuincaron · comunciaron · comuniacron · comunicaorn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "comunicado" and "comunicaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "comunicado" or "comunicaron"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "comunicado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comunicaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #174,354 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comunicado" and "comunicaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comunicará 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 #174,354 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.