blanco

/[ˈblãŋko]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#702

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

blanco is anSpanishadj. It means: De tono luminoso, brillante e incoloro, dado por reflejar por completo la luz Pronounced [ˈblãŋko]. It ranks #702 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with blank and blando.

Key facts for blanco
PropertyValue
Headwordblanco
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈblãŋko]
Letters6
Frequency rank#702
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for blanco is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈblãŋko]. Corpus data places it at rank #702 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for blanco, with forms such as "balnco", "bblanco", and "blacno". 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, "blank", "blando", "blanda", 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 blanco, spelled B-L-A-N-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    De tono luminoso, brillante e incoloro, dado por reflejar por completo la luz
  2. 2
    Más generalmente, de color más claro que otras cosas de su especie
  3. 3
    Dicho de una persona, que pertenece a alguna de muchas etnias originarias de Europa, el Medio Oriente y Asia Central, que comparten una escasa pigmentación de la epidermis.
  4. 4
    De color poco intenso y desvaído.
  5. 5
    En varios contextos regionales e históricos, partidario del bando monárquico o imperial.
  6. 6
    De poca agudeza o experiencia, tal que resulta crédula y fácil de engañar.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: balnco,bblanco,blacno,blancco,blannco,blanoc,bllanco,blnaco,lbanco,vlanco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for blanco

Misspelling Variants of "blanco"

balnco6bblanco7blacno6blancco7blannco7blanoc6bllanco7blnaco6
Misspelling Variants of "blanco"

Frequency rank: #702 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blanco"?
"blanco" is spelled B-L-A-N-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈblãŋko].
What does "blanco" mean?
As an adj, "blanco" means: De tono luminoso, brillante e incoloro, dado por reflejar por completo la luz
What words are commonly confused with "blanco"?
"blanco" is commonly confused with "blank", "blando", "blanda". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blanco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blanco" is [ˈblãŋko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blanco" come from?
"blanco" 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.