cumplidasvscumpliráWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#30,845
“cumplidas” frequency rank
#16,068
“cumplirá” frequency rank
46913
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cumplidas cumplirá
Definition Forma del femenino plural 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 cumplidas and cumplirá

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cumplidas runs 9 letters (CVCCCVCVC) against cumplirá's 8 (CVCCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
cumplidas
8 ch
cumplirá

Visual trap between cumplidas and cumplirá

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cumplidas is [kũmˈplið̞as] while cumplirá is [kũmpliˈɾa]. 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 46913, 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]. 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 46913, this pair ranks #123,040 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cumplidas vs cumplirá

Shared letters: cilmpu. Private to "cumplidas": ads. Private to "cumplirá": .

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cumplidasccumplidas · cmuplidas · cumlpidas · cummplidas · cumpildas · cumpldias · cumpliads · cumplidass

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cumplidas" and "cumplirá" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cumplidas" is a participle and "cumplirá" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cumplidas" vs "cumplirá" - which ranks higher?
"cumplirá" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,068 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.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cumplidas" 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 #123,040 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cumplidas" and "cumplirá" 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 #123,040 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