conejo

/[koˈnexo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,355

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

conejo is aSpanishnoun. It means: (familia Leporidae) Cualquiera de unas dos docenas de especies de pequeños mamíferos lagomorfos, de pelo tupido, orejas erguidas tan largas como la cabeza, un rabo muy corto, patas delanteras corta... Pronounced [koˈnexo]. It ranks #8,355 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with coño and contó.

Key facts for conejo
PropertyValue
Headwordconejo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[koˈnexo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,355
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for conejo is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koˈnexo]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,355 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for conejo, with forms such as "cconejo", "cnoejo", and "coenjo". 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, "coño", "contó", "Congo", 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 conejo, spelled C-O-N-E-J-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (familia Leporidae) Cualquiera de unas dos docenas de especies de pequeños mamíferos lagomorfos, de pelo tupido, orejas erguidas tan largas como la cabeza, un rabo muy corto, patas delanteras cortas y traseras muy largas, que le permiten desplazarse con brincos. Habita en madrigueras que cava en la tierra y es muy prolífico. Se lo cría como animal de compañía, y para aprovechar su carne, su cuero y su pelo.
  2. 2
    Dicho de un persona, que es muy ingenua, ilusa y confiada a tal punto que los demás se aprovechan.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconejo,cnoejo,coenjo,conejjo,coneoj,conjeo,connejo,ocnejo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for conejo

Misspelling Variants of "conejo"

cconejo7cnoejo6coenjo6conejjo7coneoj6conjeo6connejo7ocnejo6
Misspelling Variants of "conejo"

Frequency rank: #8,355 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "conejo"?
"conejo" is spelled C-O-N-E-J-O. The IPA pronunciation is [koˈnexo].
What does "conejo" mean?
As a noun, "conejo" means: (familia Leporidae) Cualquiera de unas dos docenas de especies de pequeños mamíferos lagomorfos, de pelo tupido, orejas erguidas tan largas como la cabeza, un rabo muy corto, patas delanteras corta...
What words are commonly confused with "conejo"?
"conejo" is commonly confused with "coño", "contó", "Congo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conejo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conejo" is [koˈnexo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conejo" come from?
"conejo" 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.