compinche

/[kõmˈpĩnʲt͡ʃe]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#68,424

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

compinche is aSpanishnoun. It means: Persona con quien se tiene amistad y se comparten diversas actividades. Pronounced [kõmˈpĩnʲt͡ʃe].

Key facts for compinche
PropertyValue
Headwordcompinche
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kõmˈpĩnʲt͡ʃe]
Letters9
Frequency rank#68,424
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for compinche is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõmˈpĩnʲt͡ʃe]. Corpus data places it at rank #68,424 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for compinche in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 compinche, spelled C-O-M-P-I-N-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona con quien se tiene amistad y se comparten diversas actividades.
  2. 2
    Compañero de francachelas, uerga o actividades de ocio, a veces censurables.

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #68,424 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "compinche"?
"compinche" is spelled C-O-M-P-I-N-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kõmˈpĩnʲt͡ʃe].
What does "compinche" mean?
As a noun, "compinche" means: Persona con quien se tiene amistad y se comparten diversas actividades.
How do you pronounce "compinche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "compinche" is [kõmˈpĩnʲt͡ʃe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "compinche" come from?
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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.