comité

[komiˈt̪e]

/[komiˈt̪e]/ noun

The verdict

“comité” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,670. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,670
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grupo reducido de personas que se encargan de tratar asuntos en nombre de un grupo mayor.

Corpus desk

Index ES-comite · comité · Spanish

comité · rank #1,670 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,670
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cocina

Nearest frequency peer: cocina (-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 “comité”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “comité” 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).

comité vs corte
50% similar
comité vs Conte
33% similar
comité vs comte
67% similar

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

Key facts for comité
PropertyValue
Headwordcomité
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[komiˈt̪e]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,670
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “comité”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).comitécae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “cocina” (#1,669), “conflicto” (#1,671), “cierta” (#1,668). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “comité” va en #1,670. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around comité (IPA [komiˈt̪e]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,670 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for comité, with forms such as "ccomité", "cmoité", and "coimté". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "corte", "Conte", "comte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 comité, spelled C-O-M-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grupo reducido de personas que se encargan de tratar asuntos en nombre de un grupo mayor.
  2. 2
    En particular, comité₁ abocado a tareas políticas.
  3. 3
    Se dice del órgano en el interior de un partido político, que se encarga de actividades que lo incumben.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccomité
  • cmoité
  • coimté
  • comitté
  • comiét
  • commité
  • comtié
  • ocmité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comité - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccomité1cmoité2coimté2comitté1comiét2commité1comtié2ocmité2
Edit distance from "comité"

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 "comité"?
"comité" is spelled C-O-M-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is [komiˈt̪e].
What does "comité" mean?
As a noun, "comité" means: Grupo reducido de personas que se encargan de tratar asuntos en nombre de un grupo mayor.
What words are commonly confused with "comité"?
"comité" is commonly confused with "corte", "Conte", "comte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "comité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comité" is [komiˈt̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comité" come from?
"comité" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "comité", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list