completadovscompletasTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#12,340
“completado” frequency rank
#8,488
“completas” frequency rank
20828
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature completado completas
Definition Participio de completar. Forma del femenino plural de completo.

Where the eye mixes completado and completas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. completado 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
completado
9 ch
completas

Look-alike desk: completado vs completas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: completado is [kõmpleˈt̪að̞o] 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 (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20828, 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]. 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 20828, this pair ranks #257,603 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of completado vs completas

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

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • completado ← ccompletado · cmopletado · comlpetado · commpletado · compeltado · compleatdo · completaddo · completaod
  • completas ← ccompletas · cmopletas · comlpetas · commpletas · compeltas · compleats · completass · completsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "completado" and "completas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "completado" is a verb and "completas" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "completado" vs "completas" - which ranks higher?
"completas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,488 in our Spanish list, against #12,340 for "completado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "completado" 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 #257,603 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "completado" and "completas" 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 #257,603 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