concurso

/[kõŋˈkuɾso]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,718

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

concurso is aSpanishnoun. It means: Competencia abierta entre diversos candidatos en quienes concurren las mismas condiciones, para escoger al mejor o a los mejores. Pronounced [kõŋˈkuɾso]. It ranks #1,718 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with confuso and conjuro.

Key facts for concurso
PropertyValue
Headwordconcurso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kõŋˈkuɾso]
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,718
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for concurso is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõŋˈkuɾso]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,718 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for concurso, with forms such as "cconcurso", "cnocurso", and "cocnurso". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "confuso", "conjuro", "converso", 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 concurso, spelled C-O-N-C-U-R-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Competencia abierta entre diversos candidatos en quienes concurren las mismas condiciones, para escoger al mejor o a los mejores.
  2. 2
    Concurrencia.
  3. 3
    Coincidencia simultánea de sucesos o circunstancias diferentes.
  4. 4
    Asistencia o ayuda para una cosa.
  5. 5
    Oposición que por medio de ejercicios científicos, artísticos o literarios, o alegando méritos, se hace a prebendas, cátedras, premios, etc.
  6. 6
    Llamamiento a los que quieran encargarse de ejecutar una obra bajo determinadas condiciones, para elegir la propuesta que ofrezca mayores ventajas.
  7. 7
    Régimen jurídico al que se pueden someter cierto tipo de deudores cuyo patrimonio es insolvente, en donde deben intentar concluir un acuerdo con sus acreedores para revertir la situación de crisis que devino en la insolvencia. De no poder pactarse o cumplirse el acuerdo, deberá declararse la quiebra.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconcurso,cnocurso,cocnurso,conccurso,concruso,concuros,concurrso,concursso,concusro,conncurso,conucrso,ocncurso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for concurso

Misspelling Variants of "concurso"

cconcurso9cnocurso8cocnurso8conccurso9concruso8concuros8concurrso9concursso9
Misspelling Variants of "concurso"

Frequency rank: #1,718 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "concurso"?
"concurso" is spelled C-O-N-C-U-R-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kõŋˈkuɾso].
What does "concurso" mean?
As a noun, "concurso" means: Competencia abierta entre diversos candidatos en quienes concurren las mismas condiciones, para escoger al mejor o a los mejores.
What words are commonly confused with "concurso"?
"concurso" is commonly confused with "confuso", "conjuro", "converso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "concurso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "concurso" is [kõŋˈkuɾso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "concurso" come from?
"concurso" 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.