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.
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?
Which is more common, "prometer" or "prometía"?
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.