alegro

/[aˈleɣ̞ɾo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,851

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

alegro is aSpanishnoun. It means: Palabra italiana que se usa para designar cierto grado de viveza en el movimiento de los trozos, haciendo abstracción de su carácter alegre o triste. Pronounced [aˈleɣ̞ɾo]. It ranks #4,851 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with algo and Alejo.

Key facts for alegro
PropertyValue
Headwordalegro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈleɣ̞ɾo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,851
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of alegro in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for alegro is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈleɣ̞ɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,851 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for alegro, with forms such as "aelgro", "aleggro", and "alegor". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "algo", "Alejo", "apego", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is alegro, spelled A-L-E-G-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Palabra italiana que se usa para designar cierto grado de viveza en el movimiento de los trozos, haciendo abstracción de su carácter alegre o triste.
  2. 2
    Composición musical, o parte de ella, que se canta con viveza y ligereza.
  3. 3
    Uno de los aires o movimientos principales del ritmo musical; es moderadamente vivo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aelgro,aleggro,alegor,alegrro,alergo,algero,allegro,laegro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alegro

Misspelling Variants of "alegro"

aelgro6aleggro7alegor6alegrro7alergo6algero6allegro7laegro6
Misspelling Variants of "alegro"

Frequency rank: #4,851 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alegro"?
"alegro" is spelled A-L-E-G-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈleɣ̞ɾo].
What does "alegro" mean?
As a noun, "alegro" means: Palabra italiana que se usa para designar cierto grado de viveza en el movimiento de los trozos, haciendo abstracción de su carácter alegre o triste.
What words are commonly confused with "alegro"?
"alegro" is commonly confused with "algo", "Alejo", "apego". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alegro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alegro" is [aˈleɣ̞ɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alegro" come from?
"alegro" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.