Which to use
“prometidos” is a participle and “prometimos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,201
- “prometidos” frequency rank
- #46,754
- “prometimos” frequency rank
- 89955
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prometidos | prometimos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de prometido, participio de prometer. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de prometer o de prometerse. |
Where the eye mixes prometidos and prometimos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. prometidos and prometimos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between prometidos and prometimos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: prometidos is [pɾomeˈt̪ið̞os] while prometimos is [pɾomeˈt̪imos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - d in “prometidos” becomes m in “prometimos”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89955, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prometidos is recorded at frequency rank #43,201, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾomeˈt̪ið̞os]. prometimos is at rank #46,754, tagged as averb, pronounced [pɾomeˈt̪imos].
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 89955, this pair ranks #2,787 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prometidos vs prometimos
Shared letters: eimoprst. Private to "prometidos": d. Private to "prometimos": -.
"prometidos" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC · "prometimos" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prometidos ← pormetidos · pprometidos · prmoetidos · proemtidos · promeitdos · prometdios · prometiddos · prometidoss
- prometimos ← pormetimos · pprometimos · prmoetimos · proemtimos · promeitmos · prometimmos · prometimoss · prometimso
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prometidos" for "prometimos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "prometidos" vs "prometimos" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "prometidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prometimos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,787 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prometidos" and "prometimos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prometimos 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 #2,787 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.