comendación
[komẽn̪d̪aˈsjõn]
The verdict
“comendación” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alabanza, recomendación, encomio.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | comendación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [komẽn̪d̪aˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “comendación” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for comendación is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [komẽn̪d̪aˈsjõn]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for comendación, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is comendación, spelled C-O-M-E-N-D-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Alabanza, recomendación, encomio.
- 2Encomienda, encargo.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “comendación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-M-E-N-D-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [komẽn̪d̪aˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.