comparsa
[kõmˈpaɾsa]
The verdict
“comparsa” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #28,292. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,292
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En una obra de teatro, grupo de personas que no hablan.
Corpus desk
Index ES-comparsa · comparsa · Spanish
comparsa · rank #28,292 · 12 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,292
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH comino
Nearest frequency peer: comino (-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 “comparsa”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- coelho
coelho
71,714 corpus weight
- Coloma
Coloma
71,712 corpus weight
- cometan
cometan
71,711 corpus weight
- comino
comino
71,710 corpus weight
- comparsa
comparsa
71,709 corpus weight
- condados
condados
71,705 corpus weight
What this shows “comparsa” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | comparsa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõmˈpaɾsa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,292 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “comparsa”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around comparsa (IPA [kõmˈpaɾsa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,292 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for comparsa, with forms such as "ccomparsa", "cmoparsa", and "comaprsa". 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, "compra", "compás", "comparte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 comparsa, spelled C-O-M-P-A-R-S-A.
Definition
- 1En una obra de teatro, grupo de personas que no hablan.
- 2Agrupación carnavalesca que sale a la calle a interpretar su música y baile.
- 3Sociedad constituida para participar en la recreación festiva de las batallas y luchas entre moros y cristianos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how comparsa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Con la comparsa yo quiero bailar Y así las penas poder olvidar Bailo este ritmo de bombo y tambor que es como mi corazón.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccomparsa
- cmoparsa
- comaprsa
- commparsa
- comparas
- comparrsa
- comparssa
- compasra
- compparsa
- comprasa
- copmarsa
- ocmparsa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comparsa - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "comparsa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).