consumo

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

[kõnˈsumo]

/[kõnˈsumo]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“consumo” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,471. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,471
frequency rank, Spanish: 8,288
“C” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de consumir (uso de alimentos u otros bienes).

Corpus desk

Index ES-consumo · consumo · Spanish

consumo · rank #1,471 · 10 variants · 19 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #1,471
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,288
PHOTO-FINISH cita

Nearest frequency peer: cita (-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.

basta

98,533
carga

98,532
cita

98,531
consumo

98,530
contexto

98,529
correo

98,528

What this shows “consumo” 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).

consumo vs contuvo

71% similar

consumo vs consumos

88% similar

consumo vs cónsul

57% similar

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

Key facts for consumo
Property	Value
Headword	consumo
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[kõnˈsumo]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#1,471
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	19
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “consumo”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.consumocae aquí:

#1,471

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “cita” (#1,470), “contexto” (#1,472), “carga” (#1,469). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “consumo” va en #1,471. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around consumo (IPA [kõnˈsumo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,471 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for consumo, with forms such as "cconsumo", "cnosumo", and "connsumo". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "contuvo", "consumos", "cónsul", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 consumo, spelled C-O-N-S-U-M-O.

Definition

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

Synonyms

gasto

This word in other languages

Genuss(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cconsumo
cnosumo
connsumo
consmuo
conssumo
consummo
consuom
conusmo
cosnumo
ocnsumo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of consumo - 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.

Edit distance from "consumo"

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 "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?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

antiguo#1,467 abogado#1,463 trabaja#1,460 supongo#1,459

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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