coronel

/[koɾoˈnel]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,203

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

coronel is aSpanishnoun. It means: Rango militar más alto de los oficiales superiores de los ejércitos. Generalmente es el inmediato superior al de Teniente Coronel e inmediatamente inferior al de General de brigada. Pronounced [koɾoˈnel]. It ranks #2,203 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with coroneles and corona.

Key facts for coronel
PropertyValue
Headwordcoronel
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[koɾoˈnel]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,203
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for coronel is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koɾoˈnel]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,203 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Rango militar más alto de los oficiales superiores de los ejércitos. Generalmente es el inmediato superior al de Teniente Coronel e inmediatamente inferior al de General de brigada.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for coronel, with forms such as "ccoronel", "coornel", and "cornoel". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "coroneles", "corona", "corner", 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 coronel, spelled C-O-R-O-N-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rango militar más alto de los oficiales superiores de los ejércitos. Generalmente es el inmediato superior al de Teniente Coronel e inmediatamente inferior al de General de brigada.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccoronel,coornel,cornoel,coroenl,coronell,coronle,coronnel,corronel,croonel,ocronel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for coronel

Misspelling Variants of "coronel"

ccoronel8coornel7cornoel7coroenl7coronell8coronle7coronnel8corronel8
Misspelling Variants of "coronel"

Frequency rank: #2,203 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coronel"?
"coronel" is spelled C-O-R-O-N-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [koɾoˈnel].
What does "coronel" mean?
As a noun, "coronel" means: Rango militar más alto de los oficiales superiores de los ejércitos. Generalmente es el inmediato superior al de Teniente Coronel e inmediatamente inferior al de General de brigada.
What words are commonly confused with "coronel"?
"coronel" is commonly confused with "coroneles", "corona", "corner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coronel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coronel" is [koɾoˈnel]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coronel" come from?
"coronel" 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.