Which to use
“complétée” and “complets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,334
- “complétée” frequency rank
- #10,128
- “complets” frequency rank
- 25462
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | complétée | complets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de complété. | Masculin pluriel de complet. |
Where the eye mixes complétée and complets
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: complétée vs complets
A purely visual mix-up. complétée (\kɔ̃.ple.te\) and complets (\kɔ̃.plɛ\) 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 25462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
complétée is recorded at frequency rank #15,334, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.ple.te\. complets is at rank #10,128, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.plɛ\.
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 25462, this pair ranks #340,732 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of complétée vs complets
Shared letters: celmopt. Private to "complétée": é. Private to "complets": s.
"complétée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV · "complets" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- complets ← ccomplets · cmoplets · comlpets · commplets · compelts · complest · completss · completts
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "complétée" and "complets" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "complétée" or "complets" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "complétée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "complets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #340,732 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "complétée" and "complets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "complets 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 #340,732 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.