clemencia

[kleˈmẽnsja]

/[kleˈmẽnsja]/ noun

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The verdict

“clemencia” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #19,955. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,955
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Moderación en la severidad de un castigo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-clemencia · clemencia · Spanish

clemencia · rank #19,955 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #19,955
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cisne

Nearest frequency peer: cisne (-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 “clemencia”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “clemencia” 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).

clemencia vs creencia
78% similar

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

Key facts for clemencia
PropertyValue
Headwordclemencia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kleˈmẽnsja]
Letters9
Frequency rank#19,955
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “clemencia”

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

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “cisne” (#19,954), “comisionados” (#19,956), “ciervo” (#19,953). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “clemencia” va en #19,955. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around clemencia (IPA [kleˈmẽnsja]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,955 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for clemencia, with forms such as "cclemencia", "celmencia", and "cleemncia". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "creencia", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is clemencia, spelled C-L-E-M-E-N-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Moderación en la severidad de un castigo.
  2. 2
    Perdón o compasión.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. «La Semana Trágica Ficha policial de Francisco Ferrer Guardia (12.6.1906), con el añadido “Fusilado”, en 1909. Pedagogo y revolucionario, fundó las “Escuelas Modernas”. Acusado de complicidad en el atentado a Alfonso xiii el día de su boda, fue absuelto; pero tras los sucesos de la Semana Trágica fue juzgado como instigador y fusilado. La sentencia no sól…
  2. «Se cantaban en las calles las letanías de los santos, el Perdón, el Trisagio, el Santo Dios, Santo Fuerte, Santo Inmortal. Todo eso se cantaba en las calles impetrando la clemencia de Dios».

This word in other languages

clemency(English)clémence(Français)Milde(Deutsch)clemência(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cclemencia
  • celmencia
  • cleemncia
  • clemecnia
  • clemencai
  • clemenccia
  • clemenica
  • clemenncia
  • clemensia
  • clemmencia
  • clemnecia
  • cllemencia
  • clmeencia
  • lcemencia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clemencia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cclemencia1celmencia2cleemncia2clemecnia2clemencai2clemenccia1clemenica2clemenncia1
Edit distance from "clemencia"

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 "clemencia"?
"clemencia" is spelled C-L-E-M-E-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kleˈmẽnsja].
What does "clemencia" mean?
As a noun, "clemencia" means: Moderación en la severidad de un castigo.
What words are commonly confused with "clemencia"?
"clemencia" is commonly confused with "creencia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clemencia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clemencia" is [kleˈmẽnsja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clemencia" come from?
"clemencia" 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 "clemencia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

comprendí#19,958conductos#19,960catalanas#19,945contenían#19,965

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

contestan14 variantscoordinada14 variantsbrothers14 variantsdestrozar14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list