companies

/ˈkʌm.pə.niz/

//ˈkʌm.pə.niz// noun

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The verdict

“companies” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,487 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,487
frequency rank, Spanish
77,812
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de company.

Key facts for companies
PropertyValue
Headwordcompanies
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkʌm.pə.niz/
Letters9
Frequency rank#73,487
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “companies” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). companies lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

companies is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,487 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkʌm.pə.niz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de company.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for companies in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is companies, spelled C-O-M-P-A-N-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de company.

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 "companies"?
"companies" is spelled C-O-M-P-A-N-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkʌm.pə.niz/.
What does "companies" mean?
As a noun, "companies" means: Forma del plural de company.
How do you pronounce "companies"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "companies" is /ˈkʌm.pə.niz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "companies" come from?
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Using “companies”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-M-P-A-N-I-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ˈkʌm.pə.niz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list