cambio
[ˈkãmbjo]
The verdict
“cambio” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #302 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #302
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de cambiar.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cambio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkãmbjo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #302 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cambio” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cambio is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkãmbjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #302 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 generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cambio, with forms such as "acmbio", "cabmio", and "cambbio". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "campo", "comió", "combo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is cambio, spelled C-A-M-B-I-O.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de cambiar.
- 2Trueque o permuta de una cosa por otra.
- 3El dinero fraccionario de moneda.
- 4Entre negociantes, el acto de tomar dinero, obligándose por cierto premio a ponerlo en la parte que se ajusta.
- 5El valor oscilante de una moneda relativa a otra.
- 6Cada uno de los engranajes que tiene una caja de cambios que determinan la velocidad y el par que desarollará un motor en un determinado instante.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acmbio,cabmio,cambbio,camboi,camibo,cammbio,camvio,ccambio,cmabio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cambio - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cambio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-M-B-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkãmbjo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “campo” - see the side-by-side comparison. cambio vs campo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.