Which to use
“completado” and “completan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,340
- “completado” frequency rank
- #25,181
- “completan” frequency rank
- 37521
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | completado | completan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de completar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de completar. |
Where the eye mixes completado and completan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. completado runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVCV) against completan's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: completado vs completan
A purely visual mix-up. completado ([kõmpleˈt̪að̞o]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37521, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
completado is recorded at frequency rank #12,340, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmpleˈt̪að̞o]. 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 37521, this pair ranks #174,881 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of completado vs completan
Shared letters: acelmopt. Private to "completado": d. Private to "completan": n.
"completado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV · "completan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- completado ← ccompletado · cmopletado · comlpetado · commpletado · compeltado · compleatdo · completaddo · completaod
- completan ← ccompletan · cmopletan · comlpetan · commpletan · compeltan · compleatn · completann · completna
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "completado" for "completan" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "completado" or "completan" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "completado" and "completan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "completado" 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 #174,881 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "completado" and "completan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "completan vs completaron". 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 #174,881 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.