combate
[kõmˈbat̪e]
The verdict
“combate” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #2,387 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,387
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Confrontación violenta entre personas o animales.
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 | combate |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõmˈbat̪e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,387 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “combate” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for combate is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõmˈbat̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,387 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for combate, with forms such as "ccombate", "cmobate", and "cobmate". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "comte", "comité", "comete", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is combate, spelled C-O-M-B-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Confrontación violenta entre personas o animales.
- 2Confrontación física de fuerza o de golpes, entre personas, que se ciñe a reglas deportivas.
- 3Confrontación entre dos bandos armados, entre dos ejércitos.
- 4Confrontación intelectual en el terreno de las ideas.
- 5Lucha contra una enfermedad, contra un mal.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccombate,cmobate,cobmate,comabte,combaet,combatte,combbate,combtae,commbate,comvate,ocmbate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of combate - 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 “combate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-M-B-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõmˈbat̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “comte” - see the side-by-side comparison. combate vs comte
- 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.