cargo

/[ˈkaɾɣ̞o]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#603

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cargo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Puesto de responsabilidad en un sistema organizativo. Pronounced [ˈkaɾɣ̞o]. It ranks #603 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with creo and caso.

Key facts for cargo
PropertyValue
Headwordcargo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkaɾɣ̞o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#603
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cargo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaɾɣ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #603 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 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 cargo, with forms such as "acrgo", "cagro", and "carggo". 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 cargo, spelled C-A-R-G-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Puesto de responsabilidad en un sistema organizativo.
  2. 2
    Persona que lo ocupa.
  3. 3
    Pago y anotación del mismo que debe hacerse de una cuenta.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acrgo,cagro,carggo,carog,carrgo,ccargo,crago

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cargo

Misspelling Variants of "cargo"

acrgo5cagro5carggo6carog5carrgo6ccargo6crago5
Misspelling Variants of "cargo"

Frequency rank: #603 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cargo"?
"cargo" is spelled C-A-R-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaɾɣ̞o].
What does "cargo" mean?
As a noun, "cargo" means: Puesto de responsabilidad en un sistema organizativo.
What words are commonly confused with "cargo"?
"cargo" 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 "cargo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cargo" is [ˈkaɾɣ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cargo" come from?
"cargo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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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.