compost
[kõmˈpost̪]
The verdict
“compost” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,880 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,880
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mezcla de abonos orgánicos sometidos a cierto tratamiento para acelerar su descomposición aeróbica de forma controlada y dirigida.
Corpus desk
Index ES-compost · compost · Spanish
compost · rank #59,880 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,880
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH completados
Nearest frequency peer: completados (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “compost”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “compost” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | compost |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõmˈpost̪] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “compost” en español
Rare enough to double-check
compost is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,880 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kõmˈpost̪]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mezcla de abonos orgánicos sometidos a cierto tratamiento para acelerar su descomposición aeróbica de forma controlada y dirigida.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for compost, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is compost, spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-T.
Definition
- 1Mezcla de abonos orgánicos sometidos a cierto tratamiento para acelerar su descomposición aeróbica de forma controlada y dirigida.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how compost appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"En la ciudad holandesa de Hanmer se instaló en 1932 la primera planta de compost hecho con las basuras urbanas.".
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This word in other languages
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.
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