CumplidovscumplimosConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#4,778
“Cumplido” frequency rank
#25,977
“cumplimos” frequency rank
30755
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Cumplido cumplimos
Definition Apellido Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de cumplir.

Where the eye mixes Cumplido and cumplimos

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

8 ch
Cumplido
9 ch
cumplimos

Look-alike desk: Cumplido vs cumplimos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Cumplido is [kũmˈplið̞o] while cumplimos is [kũmˈplimos]. 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 (name vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30755, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Cumplido is recorded at frequency rank #4,778, classified as aname, pronounced [kũmˈplið̞o]. cumplimos is at rank #25,977, tagged as averb, pronounced [kũmˈplimos].

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 30755, this pair ranks #210,440 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Cumplido vs cumplimos

Shared letters: cilmopu. Private to "Cumplido": d. Private to "cumplimos": s.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Cumplidoccumplido · cmuplido · cumlpido · cummplido · cumpildo · cumpldio · cumpliddo · cumpliod
  • cumplimosccumplimos · cmuplimos · cumlpimos · cummplimos · cumpilmos · cumplimmos · cumplimoss · cumplimso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Cumplido" for "cumplimos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Cumplido" is a name and "cumplimos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Cumplido" or "cumplimos"?
"Cumplido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,778 in our Spanish list, against #25,977 for "cumplimos". 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 "Cumplido" and "cumplimos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Cumplido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cumplimos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #210,440 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Cumplido" and "cumplimos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cumplidas vs cumplimos". 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 #210,440 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