Colima
[koˈlima]
The verdict
“Colima” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #14,550 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #14,550
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Es uno de los 32 estados de México, se ubica en la costa oeste del territorio nacional y limita al norte con el estado de Jalisco, al sur con el estado de Michoacán y al oeste con el océano Pacífic...
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 | Colima |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [koˈlima] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #14,550 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Colima” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Colima is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koˈlima]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,550 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Es uno de los 32 estados de México, se ubica en la costa oeste del territorio nacional y limita al norte con el estado de Jalisco, al sur con el estado de Michoacán y al oeste con el océano Pacífic...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Colima, with forms such as "ccolima", "cloima", and "coilma". 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, "coma", "copia", "comía", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Colima, spelled C-O-L-I-M-A.
Definition
- 1Es uno de los 32 estados de México, se ubica en la costa oeste del territorio nacional y limita al norte con el estado de Jalisco, al sur con el estado de Michoacán y al oeste con el océano Pacífico. Su capital es la ciudad de Colima y su gentilicio es colimense.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccolima,cloima,coilma,coliam,colimma,collima,colmia,oclima
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Colima - 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 “Colima”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-L-I-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [koˈlima] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “coma” - see the side-by-side comparison. Colima vs coma
- 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.