cumpleaños
[kũmpleˈaɲos]
The verdict
“cumpleaños” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,892 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,892
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fecha en que cae el aniversario del nacimiento de alguien.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cumpleaños |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kũmpleˈaɲos] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,892 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cumpleaños” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cumpleaños is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kũmpleˈaɲos]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,892 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for cumpleaños, with forms such as "ccumpleaños", "cmupleaños", and "cumlpeaños". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 cumpleaños, spelled C-U-M-P-L-E-A-Ñ-O-S.
Definition
- 1Fecha en que cae el aniversario del nacimiento de alguien.
- 2Fiesta o reunión en que se celebra un cumpleaños.
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccumpleaños,cmupleaños,cumlpeaños,cummpleaños,cumpelaños,cumplaeños,cumpleaoñs,cumpleañoss,cumpleañso,cumpleñaos,cumplleaños,cumppleaños,cupmleaños,ucmpleaños
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cumpleaños - 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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Using “cumpleaños”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-U-M-P-L-E-A-Ñ-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kũmpleˈaɲos] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.