comenzaba
[komẽnˈsaβ̞a]
The verdict
“comenzaba” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #12,338 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #12,338
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de comenzar.
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 | comenzaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [komẽnˈsaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #12,338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “comenzaba” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for comenzaba is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [komẽnˈsaβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,338 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for comenzaba, with forms such as "ccomenzaba", "cmoenzaba", and "coemnzaba". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "comenzar", "comenzado", "comenzará", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is comenzaba, spelled C-O-M-E-N-Z-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de comenzar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de comenzar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccomenzaba,cmoenzaba,coemnzaba,comenazba,comennzaba,comenzaab,comenzabba,comenzava,comenzbaa,comenzzaba,comeznaba,commenzaba,comnezaba,ocmenzaba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comenzaba - 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.
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 “comenzaba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-M-E-N-Z-A-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [komẽnˈsaβ̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “comenzar” - see the side-by-side comparison. comenzaba vs comenzar
- 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.