comencé

[komẽnˈse]

/[komẽnˈse]/ verb

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The verdict

“comencé” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,354. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,354
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de comenzar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-comence · comencé · Spanish

comencé · rank #8,354 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,354
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH conejo

Nearest frequency peer: conejo (+1 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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “comencé”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “comencé” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

comencé vs comete
57% similar
comencé vs comeré
71% similar
comencé vs comenzó
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for comencé
PropertyValue
Headwordcomencé
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[komẽnˈse]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,354
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “comencé”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).comencécae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “conejo” (#8,355), “ce” (#8,352), “confiable” (#8,356). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “comencé” va en #8,354. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around comencé (IPA [komẽnˈse]), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,354 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de comenzar.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for comencé, with forms such as "ccomencé", "cmoencé", and "coemncé". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "comete", "comeré", "comenzó", and more, 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is comencé, spelled C-O-M-E-N-C-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de comenzar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccomencé
  • cmoencé
  • coemncé
  • comecné
  • comenccé
  • comenncé
  • comenéc
  • commencé
  • comnecé
  • ocmencé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comencé - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccomencé1cmoencé2coemncé2comecné2comenccé1comenncé1comenéc2commencé1
Edit distance from "comencé"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "comencé"?
"comencé" is spelled C-O-M-E-N-C-É. The IPA pronunciation is [komẽnˈse].
What does "comencé" mean?
As a verb, "comencé" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de comenzar.
What words are commonly confused with "comencé"?
"comencé" is commonly confused with "comete", "comeré", "comenzó". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "comencé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comencé" is [komẽnˈse]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comencé" come from?
"comencé" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "comencé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cortado#8,360atentos#8,346andando#8,344dedicar#8,365

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

escuchó10 variantstáctica10 variantssudeste10 variantsgolpear10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list