Which to use
“completado” and “comportado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,340
- “completado” frequency rank
- #38,585
- “comportado” frequency rank
- 50925
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | completado | comportado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de completar. | Participio de comportar o de comportarse. |
Where the eye mixes completado and comportado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. completado (CVCCCVCVCV) and comportado (CVCCVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: completado vs comportado
A purely visual mix-up. completado ([kõmpleˈt̪að̞o]) and comportado ([kõmpoɾˈt̪að̞o]) 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 50925, 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]. comportado is at rank #38,585, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmpoɾˈt̪að̞o].
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 50925, this pair ranks #100,602 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of completado vs comportado
Shared letters: acdmopt. Private to "completado": el. Private to "comportado": r.
"completado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV · "comportado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- completado ← ccompletado · cmopletado · comlpetado · commpletado · compeltado · compleatdo · completaddo · completaod
- comportado ← ccomportado · cmoportado · commportado · comoprtado · comporatdo · comporrtado · comportaddo · comportaod
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "completado" and "comportado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "completado" or "comportado"?
After this comparison
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 "comportado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #100,602 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "completado" and "comportado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comportaba vs comportado". 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 #100,602 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.