Which to use
“completada” is a noun and “completado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,548
- “completada” frequency rank
- #12,340
- “completado” frequency rank
- 41888
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | completada | completado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Instancia generalmente con fines benéficos en la cual se venden completos para recaudar dinero. | Participio de completar. |
Where the eye mixes completada and completado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. completada and completado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between completada and completado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: completada is [kõmpleˈt̪að̞a] while completado is [kõmpleˈt̪að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “completada” becomes o in “completado”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41888, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
completada is recorded at frequency rank #29,548, classified as anoun, pronounced [kõmpleˈt̪að̞a]. 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 41888, this pair ranks #151,226 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of completada vs completado
Shared letters: acdelmopt. Private to "completada": -. Private to "completado": -.
"completada" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV · "completado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- completada ← ccompletada · cmopletada · comlpetada · commpletada · compeltada · compleatda · completaad · completadda
- completado ← ccompletado · cmopletado · comlpetado · commpletado · compeltado · compleatdo · completaddo · completaod
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "completada" for "completado" ever safe?
Which is more common, "completada" or "completado"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "completada" 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 #151,226 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "completada" 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 #151,226 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.