# negro

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈniɡɹoʊ/ · frequency rank #10,732

## Definitions
1. Relating to a black ethnicity.
2. Black or dark brown in color.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese negro (“black”), from Latin nigrum (“shiny black”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“bare; night”). Doublet of noir.

## Easily confused with
- **NGO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/negro-vs-ngo)
- **ner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/negro-vs-ner)
- **nerd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/negro-vs-nerd)
- **Nero** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/negro-vs-nero)
- **nemo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/negro-vs-nemo)
- **Niro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/negro-vs-niro)
- **nerf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/negro-vs-nerf)
- **nitro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/negro-vs-nitro)
- **Nehru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/negro-vs-nehru)
- **Newry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/negro-vs-newry)
- **neuron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/negro-vs-neuron)
- **Negros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/negro-vs-negros)
- **negroes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/negro-vs-negroes)
- **neg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neg-vs-negro)
- **near** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/near-vs-negro)
- **nears** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nears-vs-negro)

## Common misspellings (7)
`engro`, `neggro`, `negor`, `negrro`, `nergo`, `ngero`, `nnegro`

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