congreso
[kõŋˈgɾeso]
The verdict
“congreso” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #784 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #784
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Junta de varias personas para deliberar sobre algún negocio.
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 | congreso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõŋˈgɾeso] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #784 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “congreso” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for congreso is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõŋˈgɾeso]. Corpus data places it at rank #784 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 6 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 congreso, with forms such as "ccongreso", "cnogreso", and "cognreso". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "congress", "congresos", "confesó", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is congreso, spelled C-O-N-G-R-E-S-O.
Definition
- 1Junta de varias personas para deliberar sobre algún negocio.
- 2Junta que se hace para tratar asuntos de gobierno y ajustar las paces entre naciones.
- 3Cuerpo legislativo compuesto de personas nombradas directamente por los electores.
- 4Edificio donde los diputados a Cortes Generales celebran sus sesiones.
- 5En algunos países: asamblea nacional.
- 6Ayuntamiento.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccongreso,cnogreso,cognreso,congerso,conggreso,congreos,congresso,congrreso,congrseo,conngreso,conrgeso,ocngreso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of congreso - 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 “congreso”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-N-G-R-E-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõŋˈgɾeso] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “congress” - see the side-by-side comparison. congreso vs congress
- 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.