cumplidasvsCumplidoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: cumplidas is a participle, Cumplido is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cumplidas” is a participle and “Cumplido” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,845
“cumplidas” frequency rank
#4,778
“Cumplido” frequency rank
35623
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cumplidas Cumplido
Definition Forma del femenino plural de cumplido, participio de cumplir. Apellido

Where the eye mixes cumplidas and Cumplido

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

9 ch
cumplidas
8 ch
Cumplido

Why the eye confuses cumplidas with Cumplido

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cumplidas is [kũmˈplið̞as] while Cumplido is [kũmˈplið̞o]. 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 name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35623, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cumplidas is recorded at frequency rank #30,845, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kũmˈplið̞as]. Cumplido is at rank #4,778, tagged as aname, pronounced [kũmˈplið̞o].

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 35623, this pair ranks #185,045 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cumplidas vs Cumplido

Shared letters: cdilmpu. Private to "cumplidas": as. Private to "Cumplido": o.

"cumplidas" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC  ·  "Cumplido" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cumplidasccumplidas · cmuplidas · cumlpidas · cummplidas · cumpildas · cumpldias · cumpliads · cumplidass
  • Cumplidoccumplido · cmuplido · cumlpido · cummplido · cumpildo · cumpldio · cumpliddo · cumpliod

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cumplidas" and "Cumplido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cumplidas" is a participle and "Cumplido" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cumplidas" or "Cumplido"?
"Cumplido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,778 in our Spanish list, against #30,845 for "cumplidas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cumplidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Cumplido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #185,045 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cumplidas" and "Cumplido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cumplidas vs cumplirán". 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 #185,045 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