codo

Name: codo, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈkoð̞o]

/[ˈkoð̞o]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“codo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,958. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,958
frequency rank, Spanish: 8,288
“C” headwords: 5
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parte externa de la articulación entre el brazo y el antebrazo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-codo · codo · Spanish

codo · rank #9,958 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #9,958
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 5 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,288
PHOTO-FINISH circuitos

Nearest frequency peer: circuitos (-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.

chi

90,046
circuitos

90,044
codo

90,043
combinado

90,042
compatible

90,041
compatriotas

90,040

What this shows “codo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

codo vs con

50% similar

codo vs com

50% similar

codo vs col

50% similar

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

Key facts for codo
Property	Value
Headword	codo
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈkoð̞o]
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#9,958
Misspellings tracked	5
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “codo”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.codocae aquí:

#9,958

#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 “circuitos” (#9,957), “combinado” (#9,959), “compatible” (#9,960). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “codo” va en #9,958. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around codo (IPA [ˈkoð̞o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,958 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for codo, with forms such as "ccodo", "cdoo", and "coddo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "con", "com", "col", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is codo, spelled C-O-D-O.

Definition

1
Parte externa de la articulación entre el brazo y el antebrazo.
2
En los cuadrúpedos, primera articulación, junto al pecho, de las extremidades delanteras.
3
En las prendas de vestir, la parte de la manga que está donde se dobla el brazo y que suele sufrir cierto desgaste.
4
Hablando de cañerías y tubos, pieza que forma un ángulo de 90° y que sirve de empalme.
5
Vuelta que da un río, cambiando de dirección.
6
Medida de longitud, que en sus inicios correspondió a la distancia entre el codo y la punta de los dedos, equivalente a entre 42 y 50 cm.

Synonyms

codillo

This word in other languages

elbow(English)coude(Français)Ellbogen(Deutsch)cotovelo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccodo
cdoo
coddo
cood
ocdo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of codo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "codo"

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 "codo"?

"codo" is spelled C-O-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkoð̞o].

What does "codo" mean?

As a noun, "codo" means: Parte externa de la articulación entre el brazo y el antebrazo.

What words are commonly confused with "codo"?

"codo" is commonly confused with "con", "com", "col". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "codo"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "codo" is [ˈkoð̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "codo" come from?

"codo" 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 "codo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

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