Which to use
“completado” and “completar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,340
- “completado” frequency rank
- #4,586
- “completar” frequency rank
- 16926
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | completado | completar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de completar. | Hacer que algo llegue hasta su plena realización, que quede cabalmente terminado. |
Where the eye mixes completado and completar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between completado and completar
A purely visual mix-up. completado ([kõmpleˈt̪að̞o]) and completar ([kõmpleˈt̪aɾ]) 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 16926, 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]. completar is at rank #4,586, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmpleˈt̪aɾ].
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 16926, this pair ranks #274,224 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of completado vs completar
Shared letters: acelmopt. Private to "completado": d. Private to "completar": r.
"completado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV · "completar" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- completado ← ccompletado · cmopletado · comlpetado · commpletado · compeltado · compleatdo · completaddo · completaod
- completar ← ccompletar · cmopletar · comlpetar · commpletar · compeltar · compleatr · completarr · completra
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "completado" for "completar" ever safe?
Frequency check: "completado" vs "completar" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "completado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "completar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #274,224 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "completado" and "completar" 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 #274,224 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.