Which to use
“completa” is an adjective and “completado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,501
- “completa” frequency rank
- #12,340
- “completado” frequency rank
- 13841
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | completa | completado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino singular de completo. | Participio de completar. |
Where the eye mixes completa and completado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. completa runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against completado's 10 (CVCCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between completa and completado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: completa is [kõmˈplet̪a] while completado is [kõmpleˈt̪að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “completa” sits inside “completado”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13841, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
completa is recorded at frequency rank #1,501, classified as anadj, pronounced [kõmˈplet̪a]. completado is at rank #12,340, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmpleˈt̪að̞o].
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 13841, this pair ranks #286,352 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of completa vs completado
Shared letters: acelmopt. Private to "completa": -. Private to "completado": d.
"completa" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "completado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- completa ← ccompleta · cmopleta · comlpeta · commpleta · compelta · compleat · completta · complleta
- completado ← ccompletado · cmopletado · comlpetado · commpletado · compeltado · compleatdo · completaddo · completaod
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "completa" for "completado" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "completa" or "completado" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "completa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "completado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #286,352 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "completa" and "completado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "competido vs completado". 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 #286,352 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.