Which to use
“cumplían” is a verb and “cumplida” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,576
- “cumplían” frequency rank
- #17,933
- “cumplida” frequency rank
- 47509
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cumplían | cumplida |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de cumplir. | Forma del femenino de cumplido, participio de cumplir. |
Where the eye mixes cumplían and cumplida
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cumplían (CVCCCVVC) and cumplida (CVCCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses cumplían with cumplida
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cumplían is [kũmˈpliãn] while cumplida is [kũmˈplið̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47509, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cumplían is recorded at frequency rank #29,576, classified as averb, pronounced [kũmˈpliãn]. cumplida is at rank #17,933, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kũmˈplið̞a].
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 47509, this pair ranks #119,655 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cumplían vs cumplida
Shared letters: aclmpu. Private to "cumplían": ní. Private to "cumplida": di.
"cumplían" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC · "cumplida" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cumplida ← ccumplida · cmuplida · cumlpida · cummplida · cumpilda · cumpldia · cumpliad · cumplidda
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cumplían" and "cumplida" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cumplían" vs "cumplida" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cumplían" and "cumplida" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cumplían" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cumplida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,655 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cumplían" and "cumplida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cumplían 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 #119,655 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.