Which to use
“comunicados” is a participle and “comunicaron” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,080
- “comunicados” frequency rank
- #34,510
- “comunicaron” frequency rank
- 51590
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comunicados | comunicaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de comunicado, participio de comunicar o de comunicarse. | 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 comunicados and comunicaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses comunicados with comunicaron
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comunicados is [komuniˈkað̞os] while comunicaron is [komuniˈkaɾõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51590, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comunicados is recorded at frequency rank #17,080, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [komuniˈkað̞os]. 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 51590, this pair ranks #97,138 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of comunicados vs comunicaron
Shared letters: acimnou. Private to "comunicados": ds. Private to "comunicaron": r.
"comunicados" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC · "comunicaron" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comunicados ← ccomunicados · cmounicados · communicados · comnuicados · comuincados · comunciados · comuniacdos · comunicaddos
- comunicaron ← ccomunicaron · cmounicaron · communicaron · comnuicaron · comuincaron · comunciaron · comuniacron · comunicaorn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "comunicados" for "comunicaron" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "comunicados" 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 #97,138 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comunicados" 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 #97,138 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.