competencia

/[kõmpeˈt̪ẽnsja]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,440

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

competencia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Rivalidad o controversia que hay entre dos o más personas u organismos sobre algún punto. Ej. (organismos): Estas dos plantas están estableciendo una competencia por la luz. Pronounced [kõmpeˈt̪ẽnsja]. It ranks #1,440 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with competencias.

Key facts for competencia
PropertyValue
Headwordcompetencia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kõmpeˈt̪ẽnsja]
Letters11
Frequency rank#1,440
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of competencia in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for competencia is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõmpeˈt̪ẽnsja]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,440 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for competencia, with forms such as "ccompetencia", "cmopetencia", and "comeptencia". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "competencias", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is competencia, spelled C-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rivalidad o controversia que hay entre dos o más personas u organismos sobre algún punto. Ej. (organismos): Estas dos plantas están estableciendo una competencia por la luz.
  2. 2
    Lucha o riña que existe entre dos o más personas que desean obtener el mismo fin u objetivo.
  3. 3
    Dícese acerca del grupo rival. Ej.: Juan ahora es de la competencia y antes era de los nuestros.
  4. 4
    Por extensión, situación en que dos o más empresas ofrecen el mismo servicio para lograr el mismo objetivo.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccompetencia,cmopetencia,comeptencia,commpetencia,compeetncia,competecnia,competencai,competenccia,competenica,competenncia,competensia,competnecia,compettencia,comppetencia,compteencia,copmetencia,ocmpetencia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for competencia

Misspelling Variants of "competencia"

ccompetencia12cmopetencia11comeptencia11commpetencia12compeetncia11competecnia11competencai11competenccia12
Misspelling Variants of "competencia"

Frequency rank: #1,440 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "competencia"?
"competencia" is spelled C-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kõmpeˈt̪ẽnsja].
What does "competencia" mean?
As a noun, "competencia" means: Rivalidad o controversia que hay entre dos o más personas u organismos sobre algún punto. Ej. (organismos): Estas dos plantas están estableciendo una competencia por la luz.
What words are commonly confused with "competencia"?
"competencia" is commonly confused with "competencias". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "competencia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "competencia" is [kõmpeˈt̪ẽnsja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "competencia" come from?
"competencia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.