comunicación

Name: comunicación, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[komunikaˈsjõn]

/[komunikaˈsjõn]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“comunicación” has 18 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #783. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#783
frequency rank, Spanish: 77,812
“C” headwords: 18
tracked misspellings: 5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de comunicar o comunicarse (compartir, tratar con otros, pasar información).

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

comunicación vs comunicaron

75% similar

comunicación vs comunicaciones

79% similar

comunicación vs comunicacional

79% similar

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

Key facts for comunicación
Property	Value
Headword	comunicación
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[komunikaˈsjõn]
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#783
Misspellings tracked	18
Confusable pairs	5
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “comunicación” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). comunicación lands here:

#783

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around comunicación (IPA [komunikaˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #783 among 77,812 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for comunicación, with forms such as "ccomunicación", "cmounicación", and "communicación". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "comunicaron", "comunicaciones", "comunicacional", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is comunicación, spelled C-O-M-U-N-I-C-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

1
Acción o efecto de comunicar o comunicarse (compartir, tratar con otros, pasar información).
2
Acción de emitir o transmitir señales empleando un código compartido entre emisor y receptor.
3
Conexión o unión entre lugares, construcciones o áreas.
4
Cada uno de los medios de unión, conexión o aceso entre lugares o áreas, tales como vías, canales, puentes, escaleras, pasos, etc.
5
Texto o documento escrito que informa sobre algo de manera oficial o formal.
6
Tratado que un profesional o académico presenta en su disciplina o área del saber, especialmente en congresos o reuniones de especialistas en su campo.
7
Figura retórica por la cual se refuerza el propio punto de vista mediante el diálogo o consulta con un interlocutor, asumiendo o dando por hecho que tiene el mimo parecer o criterio, sin realmente esperar respuesta.

Synonyms

interrogación pregunta

This word in other languages

communication(English)communication(Français)Kommunikation(Deutsch)comunicação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccomunicación
cmounicación
communicación
comnuicación
comuincación
comunciación
comuniacción
comunicacción
comunicacinó
comunicaciónn
comunicacóin
comunicaicón
comunicasión
comuniccación
comuniccaión
comunnicación
coumnicación
ocmunicación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comunicación - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "comunicación"

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 "comunicación"?

"comunicación" is spelled C-O-M-U-N-I-C-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [komunikaˈsjõn].

What does "comunicación" mean?

As a noun, "comunicación" means: Acción o efecto de comunicar o comunicarse (compartir, tratar con otros, pasar información).

What words are commonly confused with "comunicación"?

"comunicación" is commonly confused with "comunicaron", "comunicaciones", "comunicacional". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "comunicación"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comunicación" is [komunikaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "comunicación" come from?

"comunicación" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Using “comunicación”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-M-U-N-I-C-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [komunikaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “comunicaron” - see the side-by-side comparison. comunicación vs comunicaron
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.