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“cumplió” and “cumpliré” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,281
“cumplió” frequency rank
#45,241
“cumpliré” frequency rank
51522
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cumplió cumpliré
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de cumplir. Primera persona del singular (yo) del futuro de indicativo de cumplir.

Where the eye mixes cumplió and cumpliré

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cumplió runs 7 letters (CVCCCVV) against cumpliré's 8 (CVCCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
cumplió
8 ch
cumpliré

Why the eye confuses cumplió with cumpliré

A purely visual mix-up. cumplió ([kũmˈpljo]) and cumpliré ([kũmpliˈɾe]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51522, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cumplió is recorded at frequency rank #6,281, classified as averb, pronounced [kũmˈpljo]. cumpliré is at rank #45,241, tagged as averb, pronounced [kũmpliˈɾe].

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 51522, this pair ranks #97,459 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cumplió vs cumpliré

Shared letters: cilmpu. Private to "cumplió": ó. Private to "cumpliré": .

"cumplió" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV  ·  "cumpliré" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cumplió" for "cumpliré" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kũmˈpljo] versus [kũmpliˈɾe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cumplió" or "cumpliré"?
"cumplió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,281 in our Spanish list, against #45,241 for "cumpliré". 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 "cumplió" and "cumpliré" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cumplió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cumpliré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #97,459 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cumplió" and "cumpliré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cumpliré vs cumpliste". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #97,459 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