concurso
[kõŋˈkuɾso]
The verdict
“concurso” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,718 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,718
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Competencia abierta entre diversos candidatos en quienes concurren las mismas condiciones, para escoger al mejor o a los mejores.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | concurso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõŋˈkuɾso] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “concurso” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for concurso is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for concurso, with forms such as "cconcurso", "cnocurso", and "cocnurso". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "confuso", "conjuro", "converso", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is concurso, spelled C-O-N-C-U-R-S-O.
Definition
- 1Competencia abierta entre diversos candidatos en quienes concurren las mismas condiciones, para escoger al mejor o a los mejores.
- 2Concurrencia.
- 3Coincidencia simultánea de sucesos o circunstancias diferentes.
- 4Asistencia o ayuda para una cosa.
- 5Oposición que por medio de ejercicios científicos, artísticos o literarios, o alegando méritos, se hace a prebendas, cátedras, premios, etc.
- 6Llamamiento a los que quieran encargarse de ejecutar una obra bajo determinadas condiciones, para elegir la propuesta que ofrezca mayores ventajas.
- 7Régimen 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of concurso - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “concurso”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-N-C-U-R-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõŋˈkuɾso] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “confuso” - see the side-by-side comparison. concurso vs confuso
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.