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

#43,201
“prometidos” frequency rank
#36,772
“promovidos” frequency rank
79973
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature prometidos promovidos
Definition Forma del plural de prometido, participio de prometer. Forma del plural de promovido, participio de promover.

Where the eye mixes prometidos and promovidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. prometidos and promovidos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
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Look-alike desk: prometidos vs promovidos

A purely visual mix-up. prometidos ([pɾomeˈt̪ið̞os]) and promovidos ([pɾomoˈβ̞ið̞os]) 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 79973, 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]. promovidos is at rank #36,772, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾomoˈβ̞ið̞os].

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 79973, this pair ranks #12,271 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of prometidos vs promovidos

Shared letters: dimoprs. Private to "prometidos": et. Private to "promovidos": v.

"prometidos" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC  ·  "promovidos" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • prometidos ← pormetidos · pprometidos · prmoetidos · proemtidos · promeitdos · prometdios · prometiddos · prometidoss
  • promovidos ← pormovidos · ppromovidos · prmoovidos · prommovidos · promobidos · promoivdos · promovdios · promoviddos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "prometidos" for "promovidos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([pɾomeˈt̪ið̞os] versus [pɾomoˈβ̞ið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "prometidos" vs "promovidos" - which ranks higher?
"promovidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,772 in our Spanish list, against #43,201 for "prometidos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "prometidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "promovidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,271 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "prometidos" and "promovidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prometidos 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 #12,271 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