Which to use
“cumpla” and “cumplía” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,280
- “cumpla” frequency rank
- #15,823
- “cumplía” frequency rank
- 22103
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cumpla | cumplía |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de cumplir. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de cumplir. |
Where the eye mixes cumpla and cumplía
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cumpla runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against cumplía's 7 (CVCCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cumpla vs cumplía
A purely visual mix-up. cumpla ([ˈkũmpla]) and cumplía ([kũmˈplia]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22103, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cumpla is recorded at frequency rank #6,280, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈkũmpla]. cumplía is at rank #15,823, tagged as averb, pronounced [kũmˈplia].
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 22103, this pair ranks #251,906 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cumpla vs cumplía
Shared letters: aclmpu. Private to "cumpla": -. Private to "cumplía": í.
"cumpla" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "cumplía" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cumpla ← ccumpla · cmupla · cumlpa · cummpla · cumpal · cumplla · cumppla · cupmla
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cumpla" and "cumplía" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cumpla" vs "cumplía" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cumpla" and "cumplía" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cumpla" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cumplía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #251,906 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cumpla" and "cumplía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cumplía vs cumpliré". 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 #251,906 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.