para colmo
[ˈpaɾa ˈkolmo]
The verdict
“para colmo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manera de dar a entender la consecución de eventos negativos o desagradables. O simplemente algo que empeora lo que ya venía mal.
Corpus desk
Index ES-para-colmo · para colmo · Spanish
para colmo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | para colmo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈpaɾa ˈkolmo] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “para colmo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
para colmo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈpaɾa ˈkolmo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for para colmo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is para colmo, spelled P-A-R-A- -C-O-L-M-O.
Definition
- 1Manera de dar a entender la consecución de eventos negativos o desagradables. O simplemente algo que empeora lo que ya venía mal.
- 2Manera de indicar que una postura se vuelve más ridícula o absurda a medida que se van mencionando más argumentos.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.