combustible
[kõmbusˈt̪iβ̞le]
The verdict
“combustible” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #3,388 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #3,388
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dicho de un material, que es capaz de liberar energía (usualmente calor) cuando se cambia o transforma su estructura química o nuclear.
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 | combustible |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kõmbusˈt̪iβ̞le] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #3,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “combustible” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for combustible is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõmbusˈt̪iβ̞le]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,388 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dicho de un material, que es capaz de liberar energía (usualmente calor) cuando se cambia o transforma su estructura química o nuclear.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for combustible, with forms such as "ccombustible", "cmobustible", and "cobmustible". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "comestible", "combustibles", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is combustible, spelled C-O-M-B-U-S-T-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Dicho de un material, que es capaz de liberar energía (usualmente calor) cuando se cambia o transforma su estructura química o nuclear.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccombustible,cmobustible,cobmustible,combbustible,combsutible,combusitble,combusstible,combustbile,combustibble,combustibel,combustiblle,combustilbe,combusttible,combutsible,commbustible,comubstible,comvustivle,ocmbustible
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of combustible - 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 “combustible”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-M-B-U-S-T-I-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõmbusˈt̪iβ̞le] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “comestible” - see the side-by-side comparison. combustible vs comestible
- 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.