Which to use
“completar” and “comportar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,051
- “completar” frequency rank
- #12,023
- “comportar” frequency rank
- 16074
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | completar | comportar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tornar ou deixar completo, acabar | suportar |
Where the eye mixes completar and comportar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses completar with comportar
A purely visual mix-up. completar (/kõ.plɨ.ˈtaɾ/) and comportar (/kõ.puɾ.ˈtaɾ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16074, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
completar is recorded at frequency rank #4,051, classified as averb, pronounced /kõ.plɨ.ˈtaɾ/. comportar is at rank #12,023, tagged as averb, pronounced /kõ.puɾ.ˈtaɾ/.
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 16074, this pair ranks #55,560 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of completar vs comportar
Shared letters: acmoprt. Private to "completar": el. Private to "comportar": -.
"completar" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC · "comportar" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "completar" and "comportar" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "completar" or "comportar" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "completar" and "comportar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "completar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comportar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,560 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "completar" and "comportar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comportar vs confortar". 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 #55,560 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.