completadavscompletasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: completada is a noun, completas is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“completada” is a noun and “completas” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,548
“completada” frequency rank
#8,488
“completas” frequency rank
38036
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature completada completas
Definition Instancia generalmente con fines benéficos en la cual se venden completos para recaudar dinero. Forma del femenino plural de completo.

Where the eye mixes completada and completas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. completada runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVCV) against completas's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
completada
9 ch
completas

Look-alike desk: completada vs completas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: completada is [kõmpleˈt̪að̞a] while completas is [kõmˈplet̪as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38036, 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]. completas is at rank #8,488, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kõmˈplet̪as].

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 38036, this pair ranks #172,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of completada vs completas

Shared letters: acelmopt. Private to "completada": d. Private to "completas": s.

"completada" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV  ·  "completas" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • completada ← ccompletada · cmopletada · comlpetada · commpletada · compeltada · compleatda · completaad · completadda
  • completas ← ccompletas · cmopletas · comlpetas · commpletas · compeltas · compleats · completass · completsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "completada" and "completas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "completada" is a noun and "completas" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "completada" or "completas"?
"completas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,488 in our Spanish list, against #29,548 for "completada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "completada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "completas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #172,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "completada" and "completas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "completada vs completan". 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 #172,159 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