Which to use
“completo” and “complexo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,963
- “completo” frequency rank
- #1,916
- “complexo” frequency rank
- 3879
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | completo | complexo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | a que não falta nada | complicado |
Where the eye mixes completo and complexo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: completo vs complexo
A purely visual mix-up. completo (/kõ.ˈplɛ.tu/) and complexo (/kõ.ˈplɛ.ksu/) 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 a single letter - t in “completo” becomes x in “complexo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3879, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
completo is recorded at frequency rank #1,963, classified as anadj, pronounced /kõ.ˈplɛ.tu/. complexo is at rank #1,916, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kõ.ˈplɛ.ksu/.
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 3879, this pair ranks #71,200 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of completo vs complexo
Shared letters: celmop. Private to "completo": t. Private to "complexo": x.
"completo" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "complexo" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "completo" and "complexo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "completo" vs "complexo" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "completo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "complexo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,200 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "completo" and "complexo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "compacto vs completo". 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 #71,200 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.