Which to use
“complete” and “complétées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,888
- “complete” frequency rank
- #27,741
- “complétées” frequency rank
- 49629
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | complete | complétées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Complet, complète ; à quoi il ne manque aucune des parties nécessaires. | Féminin pluriel de complété. |
Where the eye mixes complete and complétées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between complete and complétées
A purely visual mix-up. complete (\kəmˈpliːt\) and complétées (\kɔ̃.ple.te\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49629, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
complete is recorded at frequency rank #21,888, classified as anadj, pronounced \kəmˈpliːt\. complétées is at rank #27,741, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.ple.te\.
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 49629, this pair ranks #169,095 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of complete vs complétées
Shared letters: celmopt. Private to "complete": -. Private to "complétées": sé.
"complete" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "complétées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- complete ← ccomplete · cmoplete · comlpete · commplete · compelte · compleet · complette · compllete
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "complete" for "complétées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "complete" or "complétées"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "complete" and "complétées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "complete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "complétées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #169,095 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "complete" and "complétées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "complétées vs comptées". 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 #169,095 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.