comienza

/[koˈmjẽnsa]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,402

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

comienza is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de comenzar. Pronounced [koˈmjẽnsa]. It ranks #1,402 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with comienzo and compensa.

Key facts for comienza
PropertyValue
Headwordcomienza
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[koˈmjẽnsa]
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,402
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for comienza is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koˈmjẽnsa]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,402 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for comienza, with forms such as "ccomienza", "cmoienza", and "coimenza". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "comienzo", "compensa", "convenza", 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 comienza, spelled C-O-M-I-E-N-Z-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de comenzar.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de comenzar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccomienza,cmoienza,coimenza,comeinza,comienaz,comiennza,comienzza,comiezna,comineza,commienza,ocmienza

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for comienza

Misspelling Variants of "comienza"

ccomienza9cmoienza8coimenza8comeinza8comienaz8comiennza9comienzza9comiezna8
Misspelling Variants of "comienza"

Frequency rank: #1,402 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "comienza"?
"comienza" is spelled C-O-M-I-E-N-Z-A. The IPA pronunciation is [koˈmjẽnsa].
What does "comienza" mean?
As a verb, "comienza" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de comenzar.
What words are commonly confused with "comienza"?
"comienza" is commonly confused with "comienzo", "compensa", "convenza". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "comienza"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comienza" is [koˈmjẽnsa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comienza" come from?
"comienza" 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.