complétéesvscompléterWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: complétées is a adjective, compléter is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“complétées” is an adjective and “compléter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,741
“complétées” frequency rank
#5,436
“compléter” frequency rank
33177
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature complétées compléter
Definition Féminin pluriel de complété. Rendre plus complet.

Same sound, different letters: complétées vs compléter

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.

10 ch
complétées
9 ch
compléter

Same sound, different spelling - complétées / compléter

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: complétées and compléter carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ̃.ple.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33177, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

complétées is recorded at frequency rank #27,741, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.ple.te\. compléter is at rank #5,436, tagged as averb, 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 33177, this pair ranks #292,360 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of complétées vs compléter

Shared letters: celmopté. Private to "complétées": s. Private to "compléter": r.

"complétées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVC  ·  "compléter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "complétées" and "compléter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "complétées" is an adjective and "compléter" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "complétées" or "compléter" show up more?
"compléter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,436 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.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "complétées" / "compléter". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "complétées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "compléter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #292,360 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "complétées" and "compléter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "complétées vs comptées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #292,360 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