consejo
[kõnˈsexo]
The verdict
“consejo” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #585 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #585
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Opinión recomendada u ofrecida para ser seguida por otras personas, generalmente respecto a un curso de acción o un modo de comportamiento.
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 | consejo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõnˈsexo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #585 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “consejo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for consejo is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõnˈsexo]. Corpus data places it at rank #585 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for consejo, with forms such as "cconsejo", "cnosejo", and "conesjo". 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, "conteo", "cotejo", "consumo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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. The correct Spanish form is consejo, spelled C-O-N-S-E-J-O.
Definition
- 1Opinión recomendada u ofrecida para ser seguida por otras personas, generalmente respecto a un curso de acción o un modo de comportamiento.
- 2Grupo de representantes o líderes que dirige, administra y toma decisiones en una organización, como por ejemplo la reunión de los ministros de un gobierno, los dirigentes de las sociedades mercantiles, los ayudantes del rey en sus diferentes territorios, etc.
- 3Reunión de personas con el propósito de aconsejar o tomar decisiones.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cconsejo,cnosejo,conesjo,connsejo,consejjo,conseoj,consjeo,conssejo,cosnejo,ocnsejo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of consejo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “consejo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-N-S-E-J-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõnˈsexo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “conteo” - see the side-by-side comparison. consejo vs conteo
- 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.