compuesto

/[kõmˈpwest̪o]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,063

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

compuesto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Lo que está constituido o formado por la combinación de varios elementos. Pronounced [kõmˈpwest̪o]. It ranks #4,063 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with compuso and cómputo.

Key facts for compuesto
PropertyValue
Headwordcompuesto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kõmˈpwest̪o]
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,063
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for compuesto is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõmˈpwest̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,063 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for compuesto, with forms such as "ccompuesto", "cmopuesto", and "commpuesto". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "compuso", "cómputo", "compuestos", and more, 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 compuesto, spelled C-O-M-P-U-E-S-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lo que está constituido o formado por la combinación de varios elementos.
  2. 2
    Palabra que resulta de combinar dos o más términos, como cantautor, sacapuntas o tentempié.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, par de palabras que se yuxtaponen con unidad de significado, como piel roja, caja fuerte u hombre rana.
  4. 4
    Sustancia o materia que se forma por la unión, mecánicamente inseparable, de dos o más elementos de la tabla periódica, y que tiene su propia fórmula química, como el agua (H₂O).

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccompuesto,cmopuesto,commpuesto,compeusto,comppuesto,compuesot,compuessto,compuestto,compuetso,compuseto,comupesto,copmuesto,ocmpuesto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for compuesto

Misspelling Variants of "compuesto"

ccompuesto10cmopuesto9commpuesto10compeusto9comppuesto10compuesot9compuessto10compuestto10
Misspelling Variants of "compuesto"

Frequency rank: #4,063 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "compuesto"?
"compuesto" is spelled C-O-M-P-U-E-S-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kõmˈpwest̪o].
What does "compuesto" mean?
As a noun, "compuesto" means: Lo que está constituido o formado por la combinación de varios elementos.
What words are commonly confused with "compuesto"?
"compuesto" is commonly confused with "compuso", "cómputo", "compuestos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "compuesto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "compuesto" is [kõmˈpwest̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "compuesto" come from?
"compuesto" 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.