Which to use
“completion” and “complexion” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,932
- “completion” frequency rank
- #19,794
- “complexion” frequency rank
- 24726
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | completion | complexion |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment. | The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face. |
Where the eye mixes completion and complexion
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: completion vs complexion
A purely visual mix-up. completion (/kəmˈpliːʃən/) and complexion (/kəmˈplɛkʃən/) 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 a single letter - t in “completion” becomes x in “complexion”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24726, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
completion is recorded at frequency rank #4,932, classified as anoun, pronounced /kəmˈpliːʃən/. complexion is at rank #19,794, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kəmˈplɛkʃən/.
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 24726, this pair ranks #399,801 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of completion vs complexion
Shared letters: ceilmnop. Private to "completion": t. Private to "complexion": x.
"completion" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVC · "complexion" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- completion ← ccompletion · cmopletion · comlpetion · commpletion · compeltion · compleiton · complesion · completino
- complexion ← ccomplexion · cmoplexion · comlpexion · commplexion · compelxion · compleixon · complexino · complexionn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "completion" and "complexion" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "completion" vs "complexion" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "completion" and "complexion" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "completion" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "complexion" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #399,801 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "completion" and "complexion" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "complexion vs complexity". 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 #399,801 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.