careo
[kaˈɾeo]
The verdict
“careo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,717 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,717
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de carear o de carearse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-careo · careo · Spanish
careo · rank #83,717 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,717
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH carcoma
Nearest frequency peer: carcoma (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “careo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cancelé
cancelé
16,287 corpus weight
- candidez
candidez
16,286 corpus weight
- carcoma
carcoma
16,285 corpus weight
- careo
careo
16,284 corpus weight
- Casanueva
Casanueva
16,281 corpus weight
- catadura
catadura
16,279 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “careo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | careo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈɾeo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #83,717 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “careo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
careo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,717 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈɾeo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acción o efecto de carear o de carearse.".
No misspelling variants are generated for careo in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is careo, spelled C-A-R-E-O.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de carear o de carearse.
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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