cometanvscompletanTell them apart

Which to use

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

#28,290
“cometan” frequency rank
#25,181
“completan” frequency rank
53471
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cometan completan
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de cometer o de cometerse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de completar.

Where the eye mixes cometan and completan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. cometan runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against completan's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
cometan
9 ch
completan

Visual trap between cometan and completan

A purely visual mix-up. cometan ([koˈmet̪ãn]) and completan ([kõmˈplet̪ãn]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53471, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cometan is recorded at frequency rank #28,290, classified as averb, pronounced [koˈmet̪ãn]. completan is at rank #25,181, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmˈplet̪ãn].

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 53471, this pair ranks #87,710 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cometan vs completan

Shared letters: acemnot. Private to "cometan": -. Private to "completan": lp.

"cometan" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "completan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cometan ← ccometan · cmoetan · coemtan · comeatn · cometann · comettan · commetan · comtean
  • completan ← ccompletan · cmopletan · comlpetan · commpletan · compeltan · compleatn · completann · completna

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cometan" and "completan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([koˈmet̪ãn] versus [kõmˈplet̪ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cometan" or "completan"?
"completan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,181 in our Spanish list, against #28,290 for "cometan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cometan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "completan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #87,710 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cometan" and "completan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comerán vs cometan". 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 #87,710 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