Which to use
“complican” and “complicando” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,713
- “complican” frequency rank
- #42,892
- “complicando” frequency rank
- 74605
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | complican | complicando |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de complicar. | Gerundio de complicar. |
Where the eye mixes complican and complicando
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. complican runs 9 letters (CVCCCVCVC) against complicando's 11 (CVCCCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between complican and complicando
A purely visual mix-up. complican ([kõmˈplikãn]) and complicando ([kõmpliˈkãn̪d̪o]) 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) - “complican” sits inside “complicando”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74605, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
complican is recorded at frequency rank #31,713, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmˈplikãn]. complicando is at rank #42,892, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmpliˈkãn̪d̪o].
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 74605, this pair ranks #21,027 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of complican vs complicando
Shared letters: acilmnop. Private to "complican": -. Private to "complicando": d.
"complican" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC · "complicando" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- complican ← ccomplican · cmoplican · comlpican · commplican · compilcan · complcian · compliacn · complicann
- complicando ← ccomplicando · cmoplicando · comlpicando · commplicando · compilcando · complciando · compliacndo · complicadno
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "complican" and "complicando" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "complican" vs "complicando" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "complican" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "complicando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,027 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "complican" and "complicando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "complican vs complice". 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 #21,027 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.