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

#9,962
“complejas” frequency rank
#8,237
“completos” frequency rank
18199
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature complejas completos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de complejo. Forma del masculino plural de completo.

Where the eye mixes complejas and completos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. complejas and completos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
complejas
9 ch
completos

Why the eye confuses complejas with completos

A purely visual mix-up. complejas ([kõmˈplexas]) and completos ([kõmˈplet̪os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18199, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

complejas is recorded at frequency rank #9,962, classified as anadj, pronounced [kõmˈplexas]. completos is at rank #8,237, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kõmˈplet̪os].

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 18199, this pair ranks #268,908 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of complejas vs completos

Shared letters: celmops. Private to "complejas": aj. Private to "completos": t.

"complejas" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC  ·  "completos" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • complejas ← ccomplejas · cmoplejas · comlpejas · commplejas · compeljas · compleajs · complejass · complejjas
  • completos ← ccompletos · cmopletos · comlpetos · commpletos · compeltos · compleots · completoss · completso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "complejas" and "completos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kõmˈplexas] versus [kõmˈplet̪os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "complejas" or "completos" show up more?
"completos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,237 in our Spanish list, against #9,962 for "complejas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "complejas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "completos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #268,908 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "complejas" and "completos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "completos vs compremos". 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 #268,908 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