aro
[ˈaɾo]
The verdict
“aro” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #14,762 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #14,762
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Planta perenne de la familia de las aroideas, con raíz tuberculosa y feculenta, de la cual salen las hojas, que son sagitales, lisas, grandes y de color verde oscuro manchado a veces de negro; con ...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɾo] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #14,762 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aro” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for aro is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,762 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Planta perenne de la familia de las aroideas, con raíz tuberculosa y feculenta, de la cual salen las hojas, que son sagitales, lisas, grandes y de color verde oscuro manchado a veces de negro; con ...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for aro, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ay", "as", "at", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is aro, spelled A-R-O.
Definition
- 1Planta perenne de la familia de las aroideas, con raíz tuberculosa y feculenta, de la cual salen las hojas, que son sagitales, lisas, grandes y de color verde oscuro manchado a veces de negro; con bohordo central, de tres a cuatro decímetros de altura, con espata larga y amarillenta que envuelve flores sin cáliz ni corola; espádice purpúreo prolongado en figura de maza, y frutos del color y tamaño de la grosella.
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 “aro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaɾo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ay” - see the side-by-side comparison. aro vs ay
- 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.