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

#28,129
“prometía” frequency rank
#5,877
“prometo” frequency rank
34006
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature prometía prometo
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de prometer o de prometerse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de prometer o de prometerse.

Where the eye mixes prometía and prometo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. prometía runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVV) against prometo's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
prometía
7 ch
prometo

Look-alike desk: prometía vs prometo

A purely visual mix-up. prometía ([pɾomeˈt̪ia]) and prometo ([pɾoˈmet̪o]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34006, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

prometía is recorded at frequency rank #28,129, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾomeˈt̪ia]. prometo is at rank #5,877, tagged as averb, pronounced [pɾoˈmet̪o].

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 34006, this pair ranks #193,709 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of prometía vs prometo

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

"prometía" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV  ·  "prometo" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • prometo ← pormeto · pprometo · prmoeto · proemto · promeot · prometto · prommeto · promteo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "prometía" and "prometo" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([pɾomeˈt̪ia] versus [pɾoˈmet̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "prometía" or "prometo" show up more?
"prometo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,877 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "prometía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "prometo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #193,709 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "prometía" and "prometo" 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 #193,709 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