Which to use
“prometido” and “protegido” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,449
- “prometido” frequency rank
- #6,945
- “protegido” frequency rank
- 13394
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prometido | protegido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de prometer. | Participio de proteger. |
Where the eye mixes prometido and protegido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses prometido with protegido
A purely visual mix-up. prometido ([pɾomeˈt̪ið̞o]) and protegido ([pɾot̪eˈxið̞o]) 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 13394, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prometido is recorded at frequency rank #6,449, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾomeˈt̪ið̞o]. protegido is at rank #6,945, tagged as averb, pronounced [pɾot̪eˈxið̞o].
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 13394, this pair ranks #288,029 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prometido vs protegido
Shared letters: deioprt. Private to "prometido": m. Private to "protegido": g.
"prometido" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV · "protegido" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prometido" for "protegido" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "prometido" or "protegido" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "prometido" and "protegido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "prometido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "protegido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #288,029 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prometido" and "protegido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prometido 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 #288,029 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.