choro

/[ˈt͡ʃoɾo]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,458

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

choro is aSpanishnoun. It means: Persona que tiene por costumbre u oficio el apropiarse de cosas que no le pertenecen. Pronounced [ˈt͡ʃoɾo]. Often confused with cor and coo.

Key facts for choro
PropertyValue
Headwordchoro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡ʃoɾo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#43,458
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for choro is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡ʃoɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #43,458 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Persona que tiene por costumbre u oficio el apropiarse de cosas que no le pertenecen.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for choro, with forms such as "cchoro", "chhoro", and "choor". 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, "cor", "coo", "cómo", 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 choro, spelled C-H-O-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona que tiene por costumbre u oficio el apropiarse de cosas que no le pertenecen.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cchoro,chhoro,choor,chroo,cohro,hcoro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for choro

Misspelling Variants of "choro"

cchoro6chhoro6choor5chroo5cohro5hcoro5
Misspelling Variants of "choro"

Frequency rank: #43,458 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "choro"?
"choro" is spelled C-H-O-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡ʃoɾo].
What does "choro" mean?
As a noun, "choro" means: Persona que tiene por costumbre u oficio el apropiarse de cosas que no le pertenecen.
What words are commonly confused with "choro"?
"choro" is commonly confused with "cor", "coo", "cómo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "choro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "choro" is [ˈt͡ʃoɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "choro" come from?
"choro" 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.