# euro

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈjʊəɹəʊ/ · frequency rank #6,136

## Definitions
1. The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €
2. A coin with a face value of one euro.
3. Abbreviation of European, in any sense.

## Etymology
The name euro was the winner of a contest open to the general public to propose names for the new European currency, and as such is technically a neologism, although it obviously alludes to the common root of geographical names for the continent Europe, derived from Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē), the name in Greek mythology of a princess, abducted by Zeus as a bull across the Bosporus. According to the official story, the term was coined by Belgian teacher and esperantist Germain Pirlot in 1995, who suggested it in a letter to Jacques Santer, then President of the European Commission.

## Easily confused with
- **evo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/euro-vs-evo)
- **expo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/euro-vs-expo)
- **Ezra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/euro-vs-ezra)
- **eyre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/euro-vs-eyre)
- **Europe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/euro-vs-europe)
- **Europa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/euro-vs-europa)
- **EU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eu-vs-euro)
- **er** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/er-vs-euro)
- **eo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eo-vs-euro)
- **era** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/era-vs-euro)
- **ear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ear-vs-euro)
- **ego** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ego-vs-euro)
- **err** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/err-vs-euro)
- **emo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/emo-vs-euro)
- **erm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erm-vs-euro)
- **Edo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edo-vs-euro)
- **ERS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ers-vs-euro)
- **ere** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ere-vs-euro)
- **ERP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erp-vs-euro)
- **Elo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elo-vs-euro)

## Common misspellings (4)
`eruo`, `euor`, `eurro`, `uero`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/euro