campana

/[kãmˈpana]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,960

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

campana is aSpanishnoun. It 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. Pronounced [kãmˈpana]. It ranks #7,960 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Cumaná and company.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for campana is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kãmˈpana]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,960 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for campana, with forms such as "acmpana", "camapna", and "cammpana". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Cumaná", "company", "camping", 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 campana, spelled C-A-M-P-A-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acmpana,camapna,cammpana,campaan,campanna,campnaa,camppana,capmana,ccampana,cmapana

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for campana

Misspelling Variants of "campana"

acmpana7camapna7cammpana8campaan7campanna8campnaa7camppana8capmana7
Misspelling Variants of "campana"

Frequency rank: #7,960 in Spanish

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 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.