chorro

/[ˈt͡ʃoro]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,331

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

chorro is aSpanishnoun. It means: Corriente de un líquido o gas que sale con fuerza por un espacio estrecho. Pronounced [ˈt͡ʃoro]. Often confused with Coro and corto.

Key facts for chorro
PropertyValue
Headwordchorro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡ʃoro]
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,331
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for chorro is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡ʃoro]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,331 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Corriente de un líquido o gas que sale con fuerza por un espacio estrecho.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for chorro, with forms such as "cchorro", "chhorro", and "choror". 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, "Coro", "corto", "corre", 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 chorro, spelled C-H-O-R-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Corriente de un líquido o gas que sale con fuerza por un espacio estrecho.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cchorro,chhorro,choror,chroro,cohrro,hcorro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chorro

Misspelling Variants of "chorro"

cchorro7chhorro7choror6chroro6cohrro6hcorro6
Misspelling Variants of "chorro"

Frequency rank: #12,331 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chorro"?
"chorro" is spelled C-H-O-R-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡ʃoro].
What does "chorro" mean?
As a noun, "chorro" means: Corriente de un líquido o gas que sale con fuerza por un espacio estrecho.
What words are commonly confused with "chorro"?
"chorro" is commonly confused with "Coro", "corto", "corre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chorro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chorro" is [ˈt͡ʃoro]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chorro" come from?
"chorro" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.