Which to use
“completado” and “complicado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,340
- “completado” frequency rank
- #2,971
- “complicado” frequency rank
- 15311
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | completado | complicado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de completar. | Participio de complicar. |
Where the eye mixes completado and complicado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. completado and complicado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses completado with complicado
A purely visual mix-up. completado ([kõmpleˈt̪að̞o]) and complicado ([kõmpliˈkað̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15311, 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]. complicado is at rank #2,971, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmpliˈkað̞o].
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 15311, this pair ranks #280,684 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of completado vs complicado
Shared letters: acdlmop. Private to "completado": et. Private to "complicado": i.
"completado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV · "complicado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- completado ← ccompletado · cmopletado · comlpetado · commpletado · compeltado · compleatdo · completaddo · completaod
- complicado ← ccomplicado · cmoplicado · comlpicado · commplicado · compilcado · complciado · compliacdo · complicaddo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "completado" and "complicado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "completado" or "complicado"?
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 "completado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "complicado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #280,684 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "completado" and "complicado" 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 #280,684 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.