cerco

/[ˈseɾko]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,803

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cerco is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de cercar. Pronounced [ˈseɾko]. Often confused with creo and cero.

Key facts for cerco
PropertyValue
Headwordcerco
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈseɾko]
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,803
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cerco is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈseɾko]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,803 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for cerco, with forms such as "ccerco", "cecro", and "cercco". 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", "cero", "Coro", 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 cerco, spelled C-E-R-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de cercar.
  2. 2
    Arte de pesca que cosiste en encerrar un banco de peces sin llegar al fondo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccerco,cecro,cercco,ceroc,cerrco,creco,ecrco,serco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cerco

Misspelling Variants of "cerco"

ccerco6cecro5cercco6ceroc5cerrco6creco5ecrco5serco5
Misspelling Variants of "cerco"

Frequency rank: #15,803 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cerco"?
"cerco" is spelled C-E-R-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈseɾko].
What does "cerco" mean?
As a noun, "cerco" means: Acción o efecto de cercar.
What words are commonly confused with "cerco"?
"cerco" is commonly confused with "creo", "cero", "Coro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cerco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cerco" is [ˈseɾko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cerco" come from?
"cerco" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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.