cumplidavscumpliráWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#17,933
“cumplida” frequency rank
#16,068
“cumplirá” frequency rank
34001
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cumplida cumplirá
Definition Forma del femenino de cumplido, participio de cumplir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de cumplir.

Where the eye mixes cumplida and cumplirá

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cumplida and cumplirá follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
cumplida
8 ch
cumplirá

Look-alike desk: cumplida vs cumplirá

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cumplida is [kũmˈplið̞a] while cumplirá is [kũmpliˈɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34001, 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]. cumplirá is at rank #16,068, tagged as averb, pronounced [kũmpliˈɾa].

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 34001, this pair ranks #193,736 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cumplida vs cumplirá

Shared letters: cilmpu. Private to "cumplida": ad. Private to "cumplirá": .

"cumplida" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV  ·  "cumplirá" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cumplidaccumplida · cmuplida · cumlpida · cummplida · cumpilda · cumpldia · cumpliad · cumplidda

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cumplida" and "cumplirá" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cumplida" is a participle and "cumplirá" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cumplida" or "cumplirá"?
"cumplirá" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,068 in our Spanish list, against #17,933 for "cumplida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cumplida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cumplirá" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #193,736 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cumplida" and "cumplirá" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cumplida 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 #193,736 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