Cummings
/ˈkʌmɪŋz/
The verdict
“Cummings” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,829 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,829
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Apellido.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cummings |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkʌmɪŋz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,829 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cummings” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Cummings is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,829 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈkʌmɪŋz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Cummings, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Cummings, spelled C-U-M-M-I-N-G-S.
Definition
- 1Apellido.
- 2Nombre de varios lugares.
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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Using “Cummings”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-U-M-M-I-N-G-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.