competencia

[kõmpeˈt̪ẽnsja]

/[kõmpeˈt̪ẽnsja]/ noun

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The verdict

“competencia” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,440. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,440
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 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.

Corpus desk

Index ES-competencia · competencia · Spanish

competencia · rank #1,440 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,440
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH comentario

Nearest frequency peer: comentario (-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 “competencia”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “competencia” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

competencia vs competencias
92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “competencia”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).competenciacae aquí:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “comentario” (#1,439), “crees” (#1,441), “candidato” (#1,438). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “competencia” va en #1,440. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around competencia (IPA [kõmpeˈt̪ẽnsja]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,440 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for competencia, with forms such as "ccompetencia", "cmopetencia", and "comeptencia". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "competencias", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is competencia, spelled C-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-C-I-A.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how competencia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Es difícil que te lleguen clientes porque a lo que te dedicas tiene demasiada competencia

Synonyms

competición

This word in other languages

competition(English)concurrence(Français)Wettbewerb(Deutsch)concorrência(Português)

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

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of competencia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccompetencia1cmopetencia2comeptencia2commpetencia1compeetncia2competecnia2competencai2competenccia1
Edit distance from "competencia"

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 "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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "competencia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

presupuesto#1,455responsable#1,394publicación#1,493necesitamos#1,385

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

declaración17 variantsmovimientos17 variantscrecimiento17 variantstradicional17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list