comercio
[koˈmeɾsjo]
The verdict
“comercio” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,163 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,163
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Intercambio de mercancías, que se hace comprando, vendiendo o permutando.
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 | comercio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koˈmeɾsjo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,163 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “comercio” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for comercio is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koˈmeɾsjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,163 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for comercio, with forms such as "ccomercio", "cmoercio", and "coemrcio". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "cometió", "comería", "comercios", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 comercio, spelled C-O-M-E-R-C-I-O.
Definition
- 1Intercambio de mercancías, que se hace comprando, vendiendo o permutando.
- 2Conjunto de personas y entidades que practican el intercambio de mercancías.
- 3Establecimiento comercial.
- 4En algunas partes, nombre dado al centro comercial, lugar del pueblo o ciudad en el que se halla la mayor concentración de tiendas.
- 5Cierto juego de naipes.
- 6Trato y comunicación oculto entre personas, por lo común ilícito.
- 7Trato y comunicación entre personas.
- 8Acción o efecto de comerciar.
- 9El conjunto de efectos o la especie en que se comercia.
- 10El conjunto de almacenes, tiendas, bancos o casas de giro de un punto dado.
- 11Juego de naipes que se juega entre cuatro o más personas, que ponen cada una de caudal cuatro o cinco monedas.
- 12Juego de naipes que se juega entre varias personas con dos barajas.^([definición imprecisa])
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccomercio,cmoercio,coemrcio,comecrio,comerccio,comercoi,comerico,comerrcio,comersio,commercio,comrecio,ocmercio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comercio - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “comercio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-M-E-R-C-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [koˈmeɾsjo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cometió” - see the side-by-side comparison. comercio vs cometió
- 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.