cambiar

/[kãmˈbjaɾ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#668

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cambiar is aSpanishverb. It means: Sustituir una cosa por otra. Dejar un estado, cosa o situación para tomar otra. Pronounced [kãmˈbjaɾ]. It ranks #668 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cambio and cumbia.

Key facts for cambiar
PropertyValue
Headwordcambiar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kãmˈbjaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#668
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cambiar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cambiar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kãmˈbjaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #668 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for cambiar, with forms such as "acmbiar", "cabmiar", and "cambair". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cambio", "cumbia", "cambié", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is cambiar, spelled C-A-M-B-I-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sustituir una cosa por otra. Dejar un estado, cosa o situación para tomar otra.
  2. 2
    Modificar o alterar el estado, ser o apariencia de algo o de alguien.
  3. 3
    Entregar y/o recibir algo por otra cosa que se estima de un valor comparable o análogo.
  4. 4
    Dirigir, entre dos o más seres, gestos, ideas, información, afecto, etc. de modo recíproco o mutuo.
  5. 5
    Llevar o trasladar de un lugar a otro.
  6. 6
    Quitar una prenda de ropa y poner otra.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acmbiar,cabmiar,cambair,cambbiar,cambiarr,cambira,camibar,cammbiar,camviar,ccambiar,cmabiar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cambiar

Misspelling Variants of "cambiar"

acmbiar7cabmiar7cambair7cambbiar8cambiarr8cambira7camibar7cammbiar8
Misspelling Variants of "cambiar"

Frequency rank: #668 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cambiar"?
"cambiar" is spelled C-A-M-B-I-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kãmˈbjaɾ].
What does "cambiar" mean?
As a verb, "cambiar" means: Sustituir una cosa por otra. Dejar un estado, cosa o situación para tomar otra.
What words are commonly confused with "cambiar"?
"cambiar" is commonly confused with "cambio", "cumbia", "cambié". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cambiar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cambiar" is [kãmˈbjaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cambiar" come from?
"cambiar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.