boro
[ˈboɾo]
The verdict
“boro” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,109 among 24,339 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,109
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈboɾo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,109 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “boro” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
boro is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,109 among 24,339 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈboɾo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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...".
boro has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is boro, spelled B-O-R-O.
Definition
- 1El 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
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 “boro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-O-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈboɾo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.