consumo

/[kõnˈsumo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,471

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

consumo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de consumir (uso de alimentos u otros bienes). Pronounced [kõnˈsumo]. It ranks #1,471 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with contuvo and consumos.

Key facts for consumo
PropertyValue
Headwordconsumo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kõnˈsumo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,471
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for consumo is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõnˈsumo]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,471 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 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for consumo, with forms such as "cconsumo", "cnosumo", and "connsumo". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "contuvo", "consumos", "cónsul", 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 consumo, spelled C-O-N-S-U-M-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de consumir (uso de alimentos u otros bienes).
  2. 2
    Acción o efecto de consumir (uso de energía).
  3. 3
    Hablando de caudales, de juros, libranzas o créditos contra la Real Hacienda: extinción.
  4. 4
    En plural (consumos): Impuesto municipal a la introducción de diversos géneros en una población que serán vendidos o consumidos en ella.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconsumo,cnosumo,connsumo,consmuo,conssumo,consummo,consuom,conusmo,cosnumo,ocnsumo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for consumo

Misspelling Variants of "consumo"

cconsumo8cnosumo7connsumo8consmuo7conssumo8consummo8consuom7conusmo7
Misspelling Variants of "consumo"

Frequency rank: #1,471 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "consumo"?
"consumo" is spelled C-O-N-S-U-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kõnˈsumo].
What does "consumo" mean?
As a noun, "consumo" means: Acción o efecto de consumir (uso de alimentos u otros bienes).
What words are commonly confused with "consumo"?
"consumo" is commonly confused with "contuvo", "consumos", "cónsul". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "consumo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "consumo" is [kõnˈsumo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "consumo" come from?
"consumo" 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.