cometer

/[komeˈt̪eɾ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,983

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cometer is aSpanishverb. It means: Dar uno sus veces a otro Pronounced [komeˈt̪eɾ]. It ranks #4,983 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with comte and comité.

Key facts for cometer
PropertyValue
Headwordcometer
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[komeˈt̪eɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,983
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cometer in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cometer is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [komeˈt̪eɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,983 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for cometer, with forms such as "ccometer", "cmoeter", and "coemter". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "comte", "comité", "cometí", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is cometer, spelled C-O-M-E-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dar uno sus veces a otro
  2. 2
    Emprender, hacer poner por obra.
  3. 3
    Acometer o embestir.
  4. 4
    Hablando de culpas, yerros, faltas, etc., incurrir en ellas.
  5. 5
    Hablando de tropos y figuras, usar de ellas.
  6. 6
    Consumar, perpetrar, ejecutar, efectuar, etc., un crimen, una mala acción.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccometer,cmoeter,coemter,comeetr,cometerr,cometre,cometter,commeter,comteer,ocmeter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cometer

Misspelling Variants of "cometer"

ccometer8cmoeter7coemter7comeetr7cometerr8cometre7cometter8commeter8
Misspelling Variants of "cometer"

Frequency rank: #4,983 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cometer"?
"cometer" is spelled C-O-M-E-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [komeˈt̪eɾ].
What does "cometer" mean?
As a verb, "cometer" means: Dar uno sus veces a otro
What words are commonly confused with "cometer"?
"cometer" is commonly confused with "comte", "comité", "cometí". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cometer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cometer" is [komeˈt̪eɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cometer" come from?
"cometer" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.