comenzar
[komẽnˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“comenzar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,333. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,333
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Iniciar una acción.
Corpus desk
Index ES-comenzar · comenzar · Spanish
comenzar · rank #2,333 · 12 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,333
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH circunstancias
Nearest frequency peer: circunstancias (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “comenzar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- caballo
caballo
97,671 corpus weight
- cierre
cierre
97,670 corpus weight
- circunstanc…
circunstancias
97,669 corpus weight
- comenzar
comenzar
97,668 corpus weight
- conocidos
conocidos
97,667 corpus weight
- contenidos
contenidos
97,666 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “comenzar” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | comenzar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [komẽnˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,333 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “comenzar” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around comenzar (IPA [komẽnˈsaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,333 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Iniciar una acción.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for comenzar, with forms such as "ccomenzar", "cmoenzar", and "coemnzar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "comenzó", "comienza", "comienzan", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is comenzar, spelled C-O-M-E-N-Z-A-R.
Definition
- 1Iniciar una acción.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccomenzar
- cmoenzar
- coemnzar
- comenazr
- comennzar
- comenzarr
- comenzra
- comenzzar
- comeznar
- commenzar
- comnezar
- ocmenzar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comenzar - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "comenzar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "comenzar". Here's where to go from here.
- "comenzar" maps to 17 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "comenzó". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,333 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.