comérsela

[koˈmeɾsela]

/[koˈmeɾsela]/ verb

The verdict

“comérsela” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,835 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,835
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quedar en ridículo; pasar un mal momento o ser humillado.

Corpus desk

Index ES-comersela · comérsela · Spanish

comérsela · rank #81,835 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,835
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH conciliares

Nearest frequency peer: conciliares (+2 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 “comérsela”

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 “comérsela” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for comérsela
PropertyValue
Headwordcomérsela
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[koˈmeɾsela]
Letters9
Frequency rank#81,835
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “comérsela” en español

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

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “conciliares” (#81,837), “comprometí” (#81,832), “comprometimos” (#81,831). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “comérsela” va en #81,835. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

comérsela is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,835 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [koˈmeɾsela]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Quedar en ridículo; pasar un mal momento o ser humillado.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for comérsela, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 comérsela, spelled C-O-M-É-R-S-E-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Quedar en ridículo; pasar un mal momento o ser humillado.

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 "comérsela"?
"comérsela" is spelled C-O-M-É-R-S-E-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [koˈmeɾsela].
What does "comérsela" mean?
As a verb, "comérsela" means: Quedar en ridículo; pasar un mal momento o ser humillado.
How do you pronounce "comérsela"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comérsela" is [koˈmeɾsela]. 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 "comérsela", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list