borrego

/[boˈreɣ̞o]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,077

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

borrego is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cría de oveja de entre 1 y 2 años de edad. Pronounced [boˈreɣ̞o]. Often confused with borro and borroso.

Key facts for borrego
PropertyValue
Headwordborrego
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[boˈreɣ̞o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,077
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for borrego is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [boˈreɣ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,077 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for borrego, with forms such as "bborrego", "borego", and "borergo". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "borro", "borroso", "Borrell", 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 borrego, spelled B-O-R-R-E-G-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cría de oveja de entre 1 y 2 años de edad.
  2. 2
    Pieza de ropa confeccionada de la piel del borrego₁, apreciada como abrigo.
  3. 3
    Nube cuya forma recuerda el cuerpo lanudo de un borrego₁.
  4. 4
    Persona que obedece ciegamente la voluntad de otros.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bborrego,borego,borergo,borreggo,borreog,borrgeo,brorego,obrrego,vorrego

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for borrego

Misspelling Variants of "borrego"

bborrego8borego6borergo7borreggo8borreog7borrgeo7brorego7obrrego7
Misspelling Variants of "borrego"

Frequency rank: #29,077 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "borrego"?
"borrego" is spelled B-O-R-R-E-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [boˈreɣ̞o].
What does "borrego" mean?
As a noun, "borrego" means: Cría de oveja de entre 1 y 2 años de edad.
What words are commonly confused with "borrego"?
"borrego" is commonly confused with "borro", "borroso", "Borrell". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "borrego"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "borrego" is [boˈreɣ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "borrego" come from?
"borrego" 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.