comercio

[koˈmeɾsjo]

/[koˈmeɾsjo]/ noun

The verdict

“comercio” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,163. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,163
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Intercambio de mercancías, que se hace comprando, vendiendo o permutando.

Corpus desk

Index ES-comercio · comercio · Spanish

comercio · rank #1,163 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,163
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH comenzó

Nearest frequency peer: comenzó (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “comercio”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “comercio” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

comercio vs cometió
63% similar
comercio vs comería
63% similar
comercio vs comercios
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for comercio
PropertyValue
Headwordcomercio
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[koˈmeɾsjo]
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,163
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “comercio”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).comerciocae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “comenzó” (#1,162), “daño” (#1,164), “autoridades” (#1,161). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “comercio” va en #1,163. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around comercio (IPA [koˈmeɾsjo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,163 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Intercambio de mercancías, que se hace comprando, vendiendo o permutando.
  2. 2
    Conjunto de personas y entidades que practican el intercambio de mercancías.
  3. 3
    Establecimiento comercial.
  4. 4
    En algunas partes, nombre dado al centro comercial, lugar del pueblo o ciudad en el que se halla la mayor concentración de tiendas.
  5. 5
    Cierto juego de naipes.
  6. 6
    Trato y comunicación oculto entre personas, por lo común ilícito.
  7. 7
    Trato y comunicación entre personas.
  8. 8
    Acción o efecto de comerciar.
  9. 9
    El conjunto de efectos o la especie en que se comercia.
  10. 10
    El conjunto de almacenes, tiendas, bancos o casas de giro de un punto dado.
  11. 11
    Juego de naipes que se juega entre cuatro o más personas, que ponen cada una de caudal cuatro o cinco monedas.
  12. 12
    Juego de naipes que se juega entre varias personas con dos barajas.^([definición imprecisa])

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. El comercio sexual.
  2. El comercio de los wikcionaristas ha originado el actual esquema del Wikcionario.

Synonyms

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.

ccomercio1cmoercio2coemrcio2comecrio2comerccio1comercoi2comerico2comerrcio1
Edit distance from "comercio"

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 "comercio"?
"comercio" is spelled C-O-M-E-R-C-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [koˈmeɾsjo].
What does "comercio" mean?
As a noun, "comercio" means: Intercambio de mercancías, que se hace comprando, vendiendo o permutando.
What words are commonly confused with "comercio"?
"comercio" is commonly confused with "cometió", "comería", "comercios". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "comercio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comercio" is [koˈmeɾsjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comercio" come from?
"comercio" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "comercio", 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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list