complacen

[kõmˈplasẽn]

/[kõmˈplasẽn]/ verb

The verdict

“complacen” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,227 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,227
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de complacer o de complacerse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-complacen · complacen · Spanish

complacen · rank #65,227 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,227
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH compartiera

Nearest frequency peer: compartiera (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “complacen”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “complacen” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for complacen
PropertyValue
Headwordcomplacen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kõmˈplasẽn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#65,227
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “complacen” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).complacencae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “compartiera” (#65,226), “concón” (#65,229), “colchoneta” (#65,224). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “complacen” va en #65,227. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

complacen is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,227 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kõmˈplasẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de complacer o de complacerse.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for complacen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is complacen, spelled C-O-M-P-L-A-C-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de complacer o de complacerse.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "complacen"?
"complacen" is spelled C-O-M-P-L-A-C-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kõmˈplasẽn].
What does "complacen" mean?
As a verb, "complacen" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de complacer o de complacerse.
How do you pronounce "complacen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "complacen" is [kõmˈplasẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "complacen" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "complacen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list