campana

[kãmˈpana]

/[kãmˈpana]/ noun

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The verdict

“campana” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,960. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,960
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrumento metálico, que suele ser de bronce, hueco, abierto por abajo, que suena cuando se golpea con un badajo o, a veces, con un martillo exterior.

Corpus desk

Index ES-campana · campana · Spanish

campana · rank #7,960 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,960
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH camisetas

Nearest frequency peer: camisetas (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “campana”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “campana” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

campana vs Cumaná
43% similar
campana vs company
71% similar
campana vs camping
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for campana
PropertyValue
Headwordcampana
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kãmˈpana]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,960
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “campana”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).campanacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “camisetas” (#7,959), “causando” (#7,961), “caballería” (#7,958). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “campana” va en #7,960. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around campana (IPA [kãmˈpana]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,960 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for campana, with forms such as "acmpana", "camapna", and "cammpana". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Cumaná", "company", "camping", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is campana, spelled C-A-M-P-A-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instrumento metálico, que suele ser de bronce, hueco, abierto por abajo, que suena cuando se golpea con un badajo o, a veces, con un martillo exterior.
  2. 2
    Objeto parecido a este, es decir, con la base mas ancha y abierto.
  3. 3
    Adorno de flores rojas.
  4. 4
    Iglesia o parroquia.
  5. 5
    Miembro de una banda criminal que, durante una acción, está encargado de vigilar para prevenir que se los descubra.
  6. 6
    Confidente de la policía.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how campana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Actualmente las funciones de las campanas son litúrgicas y horarias, existiendo campanas para el uso litúrgico como para un reloj de torre; el carillón se encarga de interpretar diversas melodías, bien sea mecánicamente por un ordenador o manualmente por un carillonista (extraído de Religión y campanas).
  2. Si ella dice 'chicos, sean serios, salgo por cinco minutos', estos dignos hijos nuestros inmediatamente ponen un campana que alerta sobre su regreso, mientras los demás se lanzan a una orgía de consultas, copiándose mutuamente y abriendo libros y apuntes para responder a las preguntas con ventaja". Carlos Escudé, "La Argentina, ¿un parásito en el mundo?

Synonyms

dequeraloro

This word in other languages

bell(English)cloche(Français)Glocke(Deutsch)sino(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acmpana
  • camapna
  • cammpana
  • campaan
  • campanna
  • campnaa
  • camppana
  • capmana
  • ccampana
  • cmapana

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of campana - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acmpana2camapna2cammpana1campaan2campanna1campnaa2camppana1capmana2
Edit distance from "campana"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "campana"?
"campana" is spelled C-A-M-P-A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kãmˈpana].
What does "campana" mean?
As a noun, "campana" means: Instrumento metálico, que suele ser de bronce, hueco, abierto por abajo, que suena cuando se golpea con un badajo o, a veces, con un martillo exterior.
What words are commonly confused with "campana"?
"campana" is commonly confused with "Cumaná", "company", "camping". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "campana"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "campana" is [kãmˈpana]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "campana" come from?
"campana" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "campana", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

brigada#7,956anillos#7,952compone#7,970Croacia#7,977

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

causando10 variantsdejaste10 variantsvolcán10 variantsdoctora10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list