completevscomplétéesWhat's the difference?

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.

8 ch
complete
10 ch
complétées

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": .

"complete" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV  ·  "complétées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • completeccomplete · cmoplete · comlpete · commplete · compelte · compleet · complette · compllete

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "complete" for "complétées" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\kəmˈpliːt\ versus \kɔ̃.ple.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "complete" or "complétées"?
"complete" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,888 in our French list, against #27,741 for "complétées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list