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Which to use

“comunicamos” and “comunicaron” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,139
“comunicamos” frequency rank
#34,510
“comunicaron” frequency rank
66649
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comunicamos comunicaron
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo 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 comunicamos and comunicaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

11 ch
comunicamos
11 ch
comunicaron

Look-alike desk: comunicamos vs comunicaron

A purely visual mix-up. comunicamos ([komuniˈkamos]) and comunicaron ([komuniˈkaɾõn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66649, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comunicamos is recorded at frequency rank #32,139, classified as averb, pronounced [komuniˈkamos]. 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 66649, this pair ranks #39,276 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of comunicamos vs comunicaron

Shared letters: acimnou. Private to "comunicamos": s. Private to "comunicaron": r.

"comunicamos" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC  ·  "comunicaron" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comunicamosccomunicamos · cmounicamos · communicamos · comnuicamos · comuincamos · comunciamos · comuniacmos · comunicammos
  • comunicaronccomunicaron · cmounicaron · communicaron · comnuicaron · comuincaron · comunciaron · comuniacron · comunicaorn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "comunicamos" for "comunicaron" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([komuniˈkamos] versus [komuniˈkaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "comunicamos" or "comunicaron"?
"comunicamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,139 in our Spanish list, against #34,510 for "comunicaron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comunicamos" 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 #39,276 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comunicamos" 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 #39,276 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