Which to use
“complicada” and “comunicada” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,636
- “complicada” frequency rank
- #30,820
- “comunicada” frequency rank
- 37456
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | complicada | comunicada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de complicado, participio de complicar. | Forma del femenino de comunicado, participio de comunicar o de comunicarse. |
Where the eye mixes complicada and comunicada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: complicada vs comunicada
A purely visual mix-up. complicada ([kõmpliˈkað̞a]) and comunicada ([komuniˈkað̞a]) 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 37456, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
complicada is recorded at frequency rank #6,636, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõmpliˈkað̞a]. comunicada is at rank #30,820, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [komuniˈkað̞a].
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 37456, this pair ranks #175,199 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of complicada vs comunicada
Shared letters: acdimo. Private to "complicada": lp. Private to "comunicada": nu.
"complicada" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV · "comunicada" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- complicada ← ccomplicada · cmoplicada · comlpicada · commplicada · compilcada · complciada · compliacda · complicaad
- comunicada ← ccomunicada · cmounicada · communicada · comnuicada · comuincada · comunciada · comuniacda · comunicaad
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "complicada" for "comunicada" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "complicada" or "comunicada" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "complicada" and "comunicada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "complicada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comunicada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #175,199 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "complicada" and "comunicada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comunicada vs comunicará". 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 #175,199 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.