compensar
[kõmpẽnˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“compensar” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,600. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,600
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Equilibrar una acción o una característica con otra opuesta pero de similar importancia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-compensar · compensar · Spanish
compensar · rank #9,600 · 14 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,600
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH casero
Nearest frequency peer: casero (-2 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 “compensar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- calentamien…
calentamiento
90,405 corpus weight
- caravana
caravana
90,404 corpus weight
- casero
casero
90,403 corpus weight
- compensar
compensar
90,401 corpus weight
- concede
concede
90,399 corpus weight
- conducido
conducido
90,398 corpus weight
What this shows “compensar” 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 | compensar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõmpẽnˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,600 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “compensar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around compensar (IPA [kõmpẽnˈsaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,600 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for compensar, with forms such as "ccompensar", "cmopensar", and "comepnsar". 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, "comenzar", "comentar", "compensa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is compensar, spelled C-O-M-P-E-N-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1Equilibrar una acción o una característica con otra opuesta pero de similar importancia.
- 2Resarcir de un daño por medio de un pago, un servicio u otra acción.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how compensar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Pero Almeida es un tipo simpático y dicharachero; lo que pueda faltarle en audacia lo compensa con su buen carácter y sus chistes”. Matos, Huber (2002) Cómo llegó la noche. Revolución y condena de un idealista cubano. Barcelona: Tusquets, p. 218.
"Quintavall perdió esos bienes cuando en 1298 se rindió Alhama, puesto que Jaime II ordenó devolver sus bienes a Pero Yáñez Topete, pero le compensó con una heredad que había pertenecido al noble Artal de Luna, en Luna y que el rey había obtenido de Pero Cornel”. Ferrer i Mallol, María Teresa (2005) Entre la paz y la guerra: La Corona Catalano-aragonesa y…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccompensar
- cmopensar
- comepnsar
- commpensar
- compenasr
- compennsar
- compensarr
- compensra
- compenssar
- compesnar
- compnesar
- comppensar
- copmensar
- ocmpensar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of compensar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "compensar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).