caro

[ˈkaɾo]

/[ˈkaɾo]/ adj

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The verdict

“caro” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,306) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#3,306
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que tiene un alto valor o costo; que excede mucho del valor o estimación regular.

Corpus desk

Index ES-caro · caro · Spanish

caro · rank #3,306 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,306
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH básica

Nearest frequency peer: básica (-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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “caro”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “caro” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

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).

caro vs co
50% similar
caro vs cat
50% similar
caro vs ceo
50% similar

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

Key facts for caro
PropertyValue
Headwordcaro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈkaɾo]
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,306
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “caro”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).carocae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “básica” (#3,305), “ciudadana” (#3,307), “aventura” (#3,304). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “caro” va en #3,306. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for caro is neighbouring look-alikes ("co", "cat", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [ˈkaɾo]. Frequency #3,306 among 8,288 “C” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for caro, with forms such as "acro", "caor", and "ccaro". 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, "co", "cat", "ceo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is caro, spelled C-A-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que tiene un alto valor o costo; que excede mucho del valor o estimación regular.
  2. 2
    Amado, querido; que es objeto de gran estima.
  3. 3
    Que ocasiona grandes dificultades.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Parésceme que te plaze saber, muy caro amigo, quál es el fundamento de aquestos començadores de nueva seta que rotamente les plase en general de todas las mugeres maldesir.

Synonyms

costosoestimado

Antonyms

baratoeconómico

This word in other languages

expensive(English)coûteux(Français)teuer(Deutsch)caro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acro
  • caor
  • ccaro
  • crao

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acro2caor2ccaro1crao2
Edit distance from "caro"

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 "caro"?
"caro" is spelled C-A-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaɾo].
What does "caro" mean?
As an adjective, "caro" means: Que tiene un alto valor o costo; que excede mucho del valor o estimación regular.
What words are commonly confused with "caro"?
"caro" is commonly confused with "co", "cat", "ceo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caro" is [ˈkaɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caro" come from?
"caro" 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 "caro", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

saco#3,290pico#3,279nace#3,271nave#3,342

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list