competencias

/[kõmpeˈt̪ẽnsjas]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,292

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

19

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

competencias is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de competencia. Pronounced [kõmpeˈt̪ẽnsjas]. It ranks #5,292 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with competencia.

Key facts for competencias
PropertyValue
Headwordcompetencias
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kõmpeˈt̪ẽnsjas]
Letters12
Frequency rank#5,292
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for competencias is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõmpeˈt̪ẽnsjas]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,292 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de competencia.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 19 documented wrong-spelling variants for competencias, with forms such as "ccompetencias", "cmopetencias", and "comeptencias". 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, "competencia", 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 competencias, spelled C-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-C-I-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for competencias

Misspelling Variants of "competencias"

ccompetencias13cmopetencias12comeptencias12commpetencias13compeetncias12competecnias12competencais12competenccias13
Misspelling Variants of "competencias"

Frequency rank: #5,292 in Spanish

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?
"competencias" 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.