Which to use
“completan” and “completando” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,181
- “completan” frequency rank
- #24,791
- “completando” frequency rank
- 49972
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | completan | completando |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de completar. | Gerundio de completar. |
Where the eye mixes completan and completando
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. completan runs 9 letters (CVCCCVCVC) against completando's 11 (CVCCCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between completan and completando
A purely visual mix-up. completan ([kõmˈplet̪ãn]) and completando ([kõmpleˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “completan” sits inside “completando”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49972, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
completan is recorded at frequency rank #25,181, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmˈplet̪ãn]. completando is at rank #24,791, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmpleˈt̪ãn̪d̪o].
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 49972, this pair ranks #105,817 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of completan vs completando
Shared letters: acelmnopt. Private to "completan": -. Private to "completando": d.
"completan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC · "completando" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- completan ← ccompletan · cmopletan · comlpetan · commpletan · compeltan · compleatn · completann · completna
- completando ← ccompletando · cmopletando · comlpetando · commpletando · compeltando · compleatndo · completadno · completanddo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "completan" for "completando" ever safe?
Frequency check: "completan" vs "completando" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "completan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "completando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #105,817 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "completan" and "completando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "completando vs complicando". 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 #105,817 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.