comal
[koˈmal]
The verdict
“comal” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,204 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,204
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Utensilio tradicional en México y Centroamérica, parecido a una plancha, utilizado para cocción y elaboración de tortillas, tlayudas, gorditas, quesadillas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-comal · comal · Spanish
comal · rank #76,204 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,204
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH combata
Nearest frequency peer: combata (+2 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “comal”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- colibríes
colibríes
23,801 corpus weight
- colisionó
colisionó
23,800 corpus weight
- comal
comal
23,797 corpus weight
- combata
combata
23,795 corpus weight
- combinamos
combinamos
23,794 corpus weight
- comparezca
comparezca
23,793 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “comal” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | comal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koˈmal] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #76,204 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “comal” en español
Rare enough to double-check
comal is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,204 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [koˈmal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Utensilio tradicional en México y Centroamérica, parecido a una plancha, utilizado para cocción y elaboración de tortillas, tlayudas, gorditas, quesadillas.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for comal, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is comal, spelled C-O-M-A-L.
Definition
- 1Utensilio tradicional en México y Centroamérica, parecido a una plancha, utilizado para cocción y elaboración de tortillas, tlayudas, gorditas, quesadillas.
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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