compulsivo
[kõmpulˈsiβ̞o]
The verdict
“compulsivo” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #27,532. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,532
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de una persona, que padece necesidad irrefrenable de realizar determinados actos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-compulsivo · compulsivo · Spanish
compulsivo · rank #27,532 · 17 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,532
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH concibió
Nearest frequency peer: concibió (+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 “compulsivo”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- Cobija
Cobija
72,473 corpus weight
- cojan
cojan
72,472 corpus weight
- comentamos
comentamos
72,471 corpus weight
- compulsivo
compulsivo
72,469 corpus weight
- concibió
concibió
72,468 corpus weight
- concluyen
concluyen
72,467 corpus weight
What this shows “compulsivo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | compulsivo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kõmpulˈsiβ̞o] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #27,532 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “compulsivo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around compulsivo (IPA [kõmpulˈsiβ̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,532 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for compulsivo, with forms such as "ccompulsivo", "cmopulsivo", and "commpulsivo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "compasivo", "compulsiva", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is compulsivo, spelled C-O-M-P-U-L-S-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1Dicho de una persona, que padece necesidad irrefrenable de realizar determinados actos.
- 2Dicho de un acto, realizado por una compulsión irrefrenable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how compulsivo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La compra compulsiva comparte algunos rasgos con las conductas adictivas (se les llama también adictos a comprar o «shopaholics»), particularmente con la ludopatía o adicción al juego, pero sobre todo se parece a los llamados trastornos del control de los impulsos, como la cleptomanía o la piromanía.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccompulsivo
- cmopulsivo
- commpulsivo
- complusivo
- comppulsivo
- compulcivo
- compulisvo
- compullsivo
- compulsibo
- compulsiov
- compulsivvo
- compulssivo
- compulsvio
- compuslivo
- comuplsivo
- copmulsivo
- ocmpulsivo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of compulsivo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "compulsivo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
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Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).