cumplidavscumplieraConfusable pair

Quick tell: cumplida is a participle, cumpliera is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cumplida” is a participle and “cumpliera” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17,933
“cumplida” frequency rank
#30,011
“cumpliera” frequency rank
47944
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cumplida cumpliera
Definition Forma del femenino de cumplido, participio de cumplir. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de cumplir.

Where the eye mixes cumplida and cumpliera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. cumplida runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against cumpliera's 9 (CVCCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
cumplida
9 ch
cumpliera

Look-alike desk: cumplida vs cumpliera

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cumplida is [kũmˈplið̞a] while cumpliera is [kũmˈpljeɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47944, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cumplida is recorded at frequency rank #17,933, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kũmˈplið̞a]. cumpliera is at rank #30,011, tagged as averb, pronounced [kũmˈpljeɾa].

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 47944, this pair ranks #117,204 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cumplida vs cumpliera

Shared letters: acilmpu. Private to "cumplida": d. Private to "cumpliera": er.

"cumplida" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV  ·  "cumpliera" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cumplidaccumplida · cmuplida · cumlpida · cummplida · cumpilda · cumpldia · cumpliad · cumplidda
  • cumplieraccumpliera · cmupliera · cumlpiera · cummpliera · cumpilera · cumpleira · cumpliear · cumplierra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cumplida" and "cumpliera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cumplida" is a participle and "cumpliera" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cumplida" or "cumpliera"?
"cumplida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,933 in our Spanish list, against #30,011 for "cumpliera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "cumplida" and "cumpliera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cumplida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cumpliera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #117,204 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cumplida" and "cumpliera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cumpliera 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 #117,204 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list