combinación
[kõmbinaˈsjõn]
The verdict
“combinación” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #3,830 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,830
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de combinar o de combinarse.
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 | combinación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõmbinaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #3,830 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “combinación” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for combinación is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõmbinaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,830 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for combinación, with forms such as "ccombinación", "cmobinación", and "cobminación". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "compilación", "combinaciones", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is combinación, spelled C-O-M-B-I-N-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de combinar o de combinarse.
- 2Unión de dos cosas en un mismo sujeto.
- 3Bebida compuesta de varios licores, especialmente vermú y ginebra.
- 4En los diccionarios, conjunto o agregado de vocablos que empiezan con unas mismas letras y van colocados por orden alfabético; v. gr.: los que empiezan por ab, por ba, por ca, etc.
- 5Contraseña, clave, sobre todo cuando se refiere a la de un candado u otros elementos mecánicos en donde hay que mover discos con números.
- 6Cada una de las distintas selecciones posibles de k miembros de un conjunto de N elementos, sin tener en cuenta el orden en el que se toman.
- 7Variante forzada que entraña el sacrificio de un peón o una pieza, en donde se acaba dando mate o con ventaja decisiva.
- 8Trasbordo, acción de trasladarse las personas de un tren o, más especialmente, de un subterráneo a otro de otra línea.
- 9Prenda femenina que se lleva encima de la ropa interior y debajo del vestido.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccombinación,cmobinación,cobminación,combbinación,combianción,combinacción,combinacinó,combinaciónn,combinacóin,combinaicón,combinasión,combincaión,combinnación,combniación,comibnación,commbinación,comvinación,ocmbinación
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of combinación - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “combinación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-M-B-I-N-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõmbinaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “compilación” - see the side-by-side comparison. combinación vs compilación
- 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.