burro
[ˈburo]
The verdict
“burro” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,080. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,080
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Equus asinus) Animal doméstico de la familia de los équidos, más pequeño y con orejas más largas que el caballo doméstico.
Corpus desk
Index ES-burro · burro · Spanish
burro · rank #9,080 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,080
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH bruja
Nearest frequency peer: bruja (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “burro”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- botones
botones
90,923 corpus weight
- bruja
bruja
90,922 corpus weight
- burro
burro
90,921 corpus weight
- carecen
carecen
90,920 corpus weight
- caudal
caudal
90,919 corpus weight
- cerdos
cerdos
90,918 corpus weight
What this shows “burro” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | burro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈburo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,080 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “burro”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around burro (IPA [ˈburo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,080 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for burro, with forms such as "bburro", "bruro", and "buro". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "buzo", "busco", "busto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is burro, spelled B-U-R-R-O.
Definition
- 1(Equus asinus) Animal doméstico de la familia de los équidos, más pequeño y con orejas más largas que el caballo doméstico.
- 2Persona ignorante o tonta.
- 3Caballo, en especial de carreras.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how burro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Corren presurosas las lecheras arriba y abajo, con su cántaro de lata en el vientre, pregonando su blanco tesoro en el frío. Esta leche que saca el ciego a su burra es para los catarrosos.
Recordaba aquellas horas de garufacuando minga de laburo se pasaba;meta punga al codillo escolaseabay en los burros se ligaba un metejón.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bburro
- bruro
- buro
- buror
- ubrro
- vurro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of burro - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).