boro

/[ˈboɾo]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#50,109

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

boro is aSpanishnoun. It means: El boro es un elemento químico de la tabla periódica que tiene el símbolo B y número atómico 5. Es un elemento metaloide, semiconductor, trivalente que existe abundantemente en el mineral bórax. Ha... Pronounced [ˈboɾo].

Key facts for boro
PropertyValue
Headwordboro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈboɾo]
Letters4
Frequency rank#50,109
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for boro is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈboɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,109 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "El boro es un elemento químico de la tabla periódica que tiene el símbolo B y número atómico 5. Es un elemento metaloide, semiconductor, trivalente que existe abundantemente en el mineral bórax. Ha...".

No misspelling variants are generated for boro in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 boro, spelled B-O-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    El boro es un elemento químico de la tabla periódica que tiene el símbolo B y número atómico 5. Es un elemento metaloide, semiconductor, trivalente que existe abundantemente en el mineral bórax. Hay dos alótropos del boro; el boro amorfo es un polvo marrón, pero el boro metálico es negro. La forma metálica es dura (9,3 en la escala de Mohs) y es un mal conductor a temperatura ambiente. No se ha encontrado libre en la naturaleza.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #50,109 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "boro"?
"boro" is spelled B-O-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈboɾo].
What does "boro" mean?
As a noun, "boro" means: El boro es un elemento químico de la tabla periódica que tiene el símbolo B y número atómico 5. Es un elemento metaloide, semiconductor, trivalente que existe abundantemente en el mineral bórax. Ha...
How do you pronounce "boro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boro" is [ˈboɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boro" come from?
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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.