complementar
[kõmplemẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“complementar” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #17,918 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #17,918
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 12
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Agregar uno o más complementos, completar algo.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | complementar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõmplemẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #17,918 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “complementar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for complementar is 12 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõmplemẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,918 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Agregar uno o más complementos, completar algo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for complementar, with forms such as "ccomplementar", "cmoplementar", and "comlpementar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "complemento", "complementos", "complementario", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is complementar, spelled C-O-M-P-L-E-M-E-N-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Agregar uno o más complementos, completar algo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccomplementar,cmoplementar,comlpementar,commplementar,compelmentar,compleemntar,complemenatr,complemenntar,complementarr,complementra,complementtar,complemetnar,complemmentar,complemnetar,compllementar,complmeentar,compplementar,copmlementar,ocmplementar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of complementar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “complementar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-M-P-L-E-M-E-N-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõmplemẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “complemento” - see the side-by-side comparison. complementar vs complemento
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.