colmena

[kolˈmena]

/[kolˈmena]/ noun

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The verdict

“colmena” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #24,063. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,063
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Habitación de las abejas.

Corpus desk

Index ES-colmena · colmena · Spanish

colmena · rank #24,063 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,063
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH common

Nearest frequency peer: common (+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 “colmena”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “colmena” 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).

colmena vs comen
71% similar
colmena vs comuna
71% similar
colmena vs cometa
71% similar

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

Key facts for colmena
PropertyValue
Headwordcolmena
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kolˈmena]
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,063
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “colmena”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).colmenacae 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 “common” (#24,064), “compacta” (#24,065), “chanel” (#24,060). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “colmena” va en #24,063. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around colmena (IPA [kolˈmena]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,063 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for colmena, with forms such as "ccolmena", "clomena", and "colemna". 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, "comen", "comuna", "cometa", and more, 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is colmena, spelled C-O-L-M-E-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Habitación de las abejas.
  2. 2
    Apiario.
  3. 3
    Colonia de abejas.
  4. 4
    (Apis mellifera) Insecto himenóptero volador, de color pardo oscuro que vive en grandes colonias divididas en castas. Poseen un aguijón capaz de producir una picadura muy dolorosa. Se alimentan del polen y del néctar de las flores, contribuyendo eficazmente a su polinización y pueden llegar a producir grandes cantidades de miel, polen y cera, por lo que han sido utilizadas por el hombre para su beneficio desde tiempos muy remotos.

Synonyms

familiaabejamosco de miel

This word in other languages

hive(English)ruche(Français)Bienenstock(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccolmena
  • clomena
  • colemna
  • collmena
  • colmean
  • colmenna
  • colmmena
  • colmnea
  • comlena
  • oclmena

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccolmena1clomena2colemna2collmena1colmean2colmenna1colmmena1colmnea2
Edit distance from "colmena"

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

Same letter count

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

corrían#24,081boricua#24,044Bolonia#24,043bautizo#24,032

Similar misspelling depth

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

camellos10 variantscuriosas10 variantscósmica10 variantsasistía10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list