completadovscomportadoWhat's the difference?

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.

10 ch
completado
10 ch
comportado

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?
No. They are said differently ([kõmpleˈt̪að̞o] versus [kõmpoɾˈt̪að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "completado" or "comportado"?
"completado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,340 in our Spanish list, against #38,585 for "comportado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list