cardo

[ˈkaɾð̞o]

/[ˈkaɾð̞o]/ noun

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The verdict

“cardo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #42,867. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,867
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre común dado a múltiples especies de plantas en las familias de las asteráceas, las apiáceas y las dipsacáceas, caracterizadas por un tallo herbáceo vertical de gran porte, tachonado de espina...

Corpus desk

Index ES-cardo · cardo · Spanish

cardo · rank #42,867 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,867
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH capitalina

Nearest frequency peer: capitalina (-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 “cardo”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “cardo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cardo vs creo
60% similar
cardo vs caso
60% similar
cardo vs cero
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cardo
PropertyValue
Headwordcardo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkaɾð̞o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#42,867
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cardo”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.cardocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “capitalina” (#42,866), “carpe” (#42,868), “cantares” (#42,865). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cardo” va en #42,867. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around cardo (IPA [ˈkaɾð̞o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,867 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cardo, with forms such as "acrdo", "cadro", and "carddo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "creo", "caso", "cero", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is cardo, spelled C-A-R-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre común dado a múltiples especies de plantas en las familias de las asteráceas, las apiáceas y las dipsacáceas, caracterizadas por un tallo herbáceo vertical de gran porte, tachonado de espinas, e inflorescencias terminales en forma de densos capítulos. Muchas especies son comestibles.
  2. 2
    (Cynara cardunculus) Cardo comestible. El cultivado en huerta es de hojas carnosas en forma de pencas, de color verde claro que puede alcanzar hasta un metro de altura.
  3. 3
    Persona de carácter áspero o agresivo.
  4. 4
    Persona fea. ^([cita requerida]).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cardo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. sortea las anchas matas de cardos que se arrastran en la penumbra.

This word in other languages

thistle(English)cardon(Français)Distel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrdo
  • cadro
  • carddo
  • carod
  • carrdo
  • ccardo
  • crado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cardo - 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.

acrdo2cadro2carddo1carod2carrdo1ccardo1crado2
Edit distance from "cardo"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cardo"?
"cardo" is spelled C-A-R-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaɾð̞o].
What does "cardo" mean?
As a noun, "cardo" means: Nombre común dado a múltiples especies de plantas en las familias de las asteráceas, las apiáceas y las dipsacáceas, caracterizadas por un tallo herbáceo vertical de gran porte, tachonado de espina...
What words are commonly confused with "cardo"?
"cardo" is commonly confused with "creo", "caso", "cero". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cardo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cardo" is [ˈkaɾð̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cardo" come from?
"cardo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cardo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

carpe#42,868cayos#42,871chain#42,879chief#42,880

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

carroña7 variantsbrit7 variantscomte7 variantsalfil7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list