Which to use
“comunican” and “comunicando” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,793
- “comunican” frequency rank
- #29,551
- “comunicando” frequency rank
- 46344
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comunican | comunicando |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de comunicar o de comunicarse. | Gerundio de comunicar. |
Where the eye mixes comunican and comunicando
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses comunican with comunicando
A purely visual mix-up. comunican ([komuˈnikãn]) and comunicando ([komuniˈkãn̪d̪o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “comunican” sits inside “comunicando”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46344, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comunican is recorded at frequency rank #16,793, classified as averb, pronounced [komuˈnikãn]. comunicando is at rank #29,551, tagged as averb, pronounced [komuniˈkãn̪d̪o].
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 46344, this pair ranks #126,279 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of comunican vs comunicando
Shared letters: acimnou. Private to "comunican": -. Private to "comunicando": d.
"comunican" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "comunicando" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- comunican ← ccomunican · cmounican · communican · comnuican · comuincan · comuncian · comuniacn · comunicann
- comunicando ← ccomunicando · cmounicando · communicando · comnuicando · comuincando · comunciando · comuniacndo · comunicadno
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "comunican" and "comunicando" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "comunican" vs "comunicando" - 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 "comunican" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comunicando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #126,279 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comunican" and "comunicando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "complicando vs comunicando". 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 #126,279 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.