Which to use
“completan” and “completar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,181
- “completan” frequency rank
- #4,586
- “completar” frequency rank
- 29767
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | completan | completar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de completar. | Hacer que algo llegue hasta su plena realización, que quede cabalmente terminado. |
Where the eye mixes completan and completar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. completan and completar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses completan with completar
A purely visual mix-up. completan ([kõmˈplet̪ãn]) and completar ([kõmpleˈt̪aɾ]) 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 a single letter - n in “completan” becomes r in “completar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29767, 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]. completar is at rank #4,586, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmpleˈt̪aɾ].
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 29767, this pair ranks #215,350 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of completan vs completar
Shared letters: acelmopt. Private to "completan": n. Private to "completar": r.
"completan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC · "completar" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "completan" and "completar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "completan" or "completar" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "completan" and "completar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "completan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "completar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #215,350 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "completan" and "completar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "completan vs completaron". 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 #215,350 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.