compañero
[kõmpaˈɲeɾo]
The verdict
“compañero” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,629. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,629
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Individuo que acompaña o da compañía a una persona o animal.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | compañero |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõmpaˈɲeɾo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #1,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “compañero” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around compañero (IPA [kõmpaˈɲeɾo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,629 among 77,812 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for compañero, with forms such as "ccompañero", "cmopañero", and "comapñero". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "comparo", "componer", "compañeros", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is compañero, spelled C-O-M-P-A-Ñ-E-R-O.
Definition
- 1Individuo que acompaña o da compañía a una persona o animal.
- 2Varón con el que se comparte algún aspecto de la vida, especialmente en relación de pareja.
- 3Varón con el que se realiza una labor o actividad conjuntamente, o con quien se comparte un destino.
- 4Cosa que hace juego con otra, que va en conjunto con ella.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccompañero
- cmopañero
- comapñero
- commpañero
- compaeñro
- compañeor
- compañerro
- compañreo
- comppañero
- compñaero
- copmañero
- ocmpañero
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of compañero - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “compañero”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-M-P-A-Ñ-E-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõmpaˈɲeɾo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “comparo” - see the side-by-side comparison. compañero vs comparo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.