comensal

[komẽnˈsal]

/[komẽnˈsal]/ noun

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The verdict

“comensal” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,759 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,759
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cada uno de los individuos que consumen alimentos en torno a una misma mesa.

Corpus desk

Index ES-comensal · comensal · Spanish

comensal · rank #54,759 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,759
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH comisariado

Nearest frequency peer: comisariado (+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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “comensal”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “comensal” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for comensal
PropertyValue
Headwordcomensal
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[komẽnˈsal]
Letters8
Frequency rank#54,759
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “comensal” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).comensalcae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “comisariado” (#54,760), “comarcales” (#54,757), “compaginar” (#54,762). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “comensal” va en #54,759. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

comensal is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,759 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [komẽnˈsal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

comensal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 comensal, spelled C-O-M-E-N-S-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cada uno de los individuos que consumen alimentos en torno a una misma mesa.
  2. 2
    Organismo no parásito que vive sobre o dentro de otro y de él obtiene alimentos o protección sin causarle daño.
  3. 3
    Persona que radica en el domicilio de otra, a expensas de ésta.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how comensal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Para ofrecer a nuestros clientes una variante en el servicio de comedor, mensualmente organizamos el día del comensal. Este tiene como propósito consentir al comensal con un menú seleccionado por ellos de acuerdo a varias opciones que se les son presentadas en una encuesta y de esta manera tener en cuenta sus gustos
  2. Las bacterias comensales nos ayudan a combatir los virus. Un nuevo estudio revela que señales derivadas de nuestras bacterias comensales son esenciales para establecer el umbral de activación del sistema inmune y mantener una correcta respuesta frente a infecciones virales. Los humanos albergamos en nuestro cuerpo un diverso e inmenso grupo de microorgani…

Antonyms

ayunante

This word in other languages

commensal(English)commensal(Français)Tischgast(Deutsch)comensal(Português)

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 "comensal"?
"comensal" is spelled C-O-M-E-N-S-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [komẽnˈsal].
What does "comensal" mean?
As a noun, "comensal" means: Cada uno de los individuos que consumen alimentos en torno a una misma mesa.
How do you pronounce "comensal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comensal" is [komẽnˈsal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list