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Which to use

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

#15,694
“prometer” frequency rank
#28,129
“prometía” frequency rank
43823
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature prometer prometía
Definition Significa dar tu palabra segura de lo que va a suceder. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de prometer o de prometerse.

Where the eye mixes prometer and prometía

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. prometer (CCVCVCVC) and prometía (CCVCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
prometer
8 ch
prometía

Visual trap between prometer and prometía

A purely visual mix-up. prometer ([pɾomeˈt̪eɾ]) and prometía ([pɾomeˈt̪ia]) 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 43823, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

prometer is recorded at frequency rank #15,694, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾomeˈt̪eɾ]. prometía is at rank #28,129, tagged as averb, pronounced [pɾomeˈt̪ia].

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 43823, this pair ranks #140,489 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of prometer vs prometía

Shared letters: emoprt. Private to "prometer": -. Private to "prometía": aí.

"prometer" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC  ·  "prometía" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • prometer ← pormeter · pprometer · prmoeter · proemter · promeetr · prometerr · prometre · prometter

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "prometer" and "prometía" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([pɾomeˈt̪eɾ] versus [pɾomeˈt̪ia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "prometer" or "prometía"?
"prometer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,694 in our Spanish list, against #28,129 for "prometía". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "prometer" and "prometía" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "prometer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "prometía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #140,489 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "prometer" and "prometía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prometía vs prometio". 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 #140,489 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