cardo

/[ˈkaɾð̞o]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,867

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cardo is aSpanishnoun. It 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... Pronounced [ˈkaɾð̞o]. Often confused with creo and caso.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cardo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaɾð̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #42,867 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 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for cardo, with forms such as "acrdo", "cadro", and "carddo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "creo", "caso", "cero", 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 cardo, spelled C-A-R-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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]).

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acrdo,cadro,carddo,carod,carrdo,ccardo,crado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cardo

Misspelling Variants of "cardo"

acrdo5cadro5carddo6carod5carrdo6ccardo6crado5
Misspelling Variants of "cardo"

Frequency rank: #42,867 in Spanish

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 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.