cumplían
[kũmˈpliãn]
The verdict
“cumplían” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #29,576. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,576
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de cumplir.
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 | cumplían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kũmˈpliãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cumplían” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around cumplían (IPA [kũmˈpliãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,576 among 77,812 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de cumplir.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cumplían, with forms such as "ccumplían", "cmuplían", and "cumlpían". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "cumplir", "cumplió", "Cumplido", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is cumplían, spelled C-U-M-P-L-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de cumplir.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccumplían
- cmuplían
- cumlpían
- cummplían
- cumplaín
- cumpllían
- cumplíann
- cumplína
- cumpplían
- cumpílan
- cupmlían
- ucmplían
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cumplían - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “cumplían”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-U-M-P-L-Í-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kũmˈpliãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cumplir” - see the side-by-side comparison. cumplían vs cumplir
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.