comprobación

[kõmpɾoβ̞aˈsjõn]

/[kõmpɾoβ̞aˈsjõn]/ noun

The verdict

“comprobación” has 20 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,791. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,791
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
20
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de comprobar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-comprobacion · comprobación · Spanish

comprobación · rank #16,791 · 20 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #16,791
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH compu

Nearest frequency peer: compu (+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 “comprobación”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “comprobación” 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).

comprobación vs comprobaciones
79% similar

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

Key facts for comprobación
PropertyValue
Headwordcomprobación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kõmpɾoβ̞aˈsjõn]
Letters12
Frequency rank#16,791
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “comprobación”

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

#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 “compu” (#16,792), “colesterol” (#16,789), “comunican” (#16,793). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “comprobación” va en #16,791. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around comprobación (IPA [kõmpɾoβ̞aˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,791 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Acción o efecto de comprobar.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for comprobación, with forms such as "ccomprobación", "cmoprobación", and "commprobación". 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, "comprobaciones", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is comprobación, spelled C-O-M-P-R-O-B-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de comprobar.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccomprobación
  • cmoprobación
  • commprobación
  • comporbación
  • compprobación
  • comprboación
  • comproabción
  • comprobacción
  • comprobacinó
  • comprobaciónn
  • comprobacóin
  • comprobaicón
  • comprobasión
  • comprobbación
  • comprobcaión
  • comprovación
  • comprrobación
  • comrpobación
  • copmrobación
  • ocmprobación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comprobación - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccomprobación1cmoprobación2commprobación1comporbación2compprobación1comprboación2comproabción2comprobacción1
Edit distance from "comprobación"

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 "comprobación"?
"comprobación" is spelled C-O-M-P-R-O-B-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kõmpɾoβ̞aˈsjõn].
What does "comprobación" mean?
As a noun, "comprobación" means: Acción o efecto de comprobar.
What words are commonly confused with "comprobación"?
"comprobación" is commonly confused with "comprobaciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "comprobación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comprobación" is [kõmpɾoβ̞aˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comprobación" come from?
"comprobación" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list