competencias

Name: competencias, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[kõmpeˈt̪ẽnsjas]

/[kõmpeˈt̪ẽnsjas]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“competencias” has 19 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,292. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,292
frequency rank, Spanish: 8,288
“C” headwords: 19
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de competencia.

Corpus desk

Index ES-competencias · competencias · Spanish

competencias · rank #5,292 · 19 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-COMMON #5,292
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 19 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,288
PHOTO-FINISH citado

Nearest frequency peer: citado (-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.

casarse

94,712
causado

94,711
citado

94,710
competencias

94,709
compró

94,708
considerable

94,707

What this shows “competencias” 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).

competencias vs competencia

92% similar

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

Key facts for competencias
Property	Value
Headword	competencias
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[kõmpeˈt̪ẽnsjas]
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#5,292
Misspellings tracked	19
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “competencias”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).competenciascae aquí:

#5,292

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “citado” (#5,291), “compró” (#5,293), “causado” (#5,290). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “competencias” va en #5,292. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around competencias (IPA [kõmpeˈt̪ẽnsjas]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,292 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forma del plural de competencia.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for competencias, with forms such as "ccompetencias", "cmopetencias", and "comeptencias". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "competencia", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is competencias, spelled C-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-C-I-A-S.

Definition

1
Forma del plural de competencia.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccompetencias
cmopetencias
comeptencias
commpetencias
compeetncias
competecnias
competencais
competenccias
competenciass
competencisa
competenicas
competenncias
competensias
competnecias
compettencias
comppetencias
compteencias
copmetencias
ocmpetencias

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "competencias"

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 "competencias"?

"competencias" is spelled C-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-C-I-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kõmpeˈt̪ẽnsjas].

What does "competencias" mean?

As a noun, "competencias" means: Forma del plural de competencia.

What words are commonly confused with "competencias"?

"competencias" is commonly confused with "competencia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "competencias"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "competencias" is [kõmpeˈt̪ẽnsjas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "competencias" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

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