colmena
[kolˈmena]
The verdict
“colmena” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #24,063 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #24,063
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Habitación de las abejas.
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 | colmena |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kolˈmena] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,063 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “colmena” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for colmena is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kolˈmena]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,063 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Habitación de las abejas.
- 2Apiario.
- 3Colonia de abejas.
- 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.
This word in other languages
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.
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 “colmena”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-L-M-E-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kolˈmena] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “comen” - see the side-by-side comparison. colmena vs comen
- 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.