correo

/[koˈreo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,473

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

correo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Persona que transporta cartas, mensajes y otros envíos Pronounced [koˈreo]. It ranks #1,473 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with creo and corte.

Key facts for correo
PropertyValue
Headwordcorreo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[koˈreo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,473
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for correo is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koˈreo]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,473 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for correo, with forms such as "ccorreo", "coreo", and "corero". 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, "creo", "corte", "corto", 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 correo, spelled C-O-R-R-E-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona que transporta cartas, mensajes y otros envíos
  2. 2
    Servicio público que tiene por objeto el transporte y gestión de este servicio.
  3. 3
    Medio de transporte destinado a llevar este tipo de envíos
  4. 4
    Conjunto de cartas, paquetes o pliegos de cualquier clase que se despachan o reciben.
  5. 5
    Ladrón que en un trabajo tiene la función de alertar a los demás de la presencia de policías u otros testigos

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccorreo,coreo,corero,corroe,croreo,ocrreo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for correo

Misspelling Variants of "correo"

ccorreo7coreo5corero6corroe6croreo6ocrreo6
Misspelling Variants of "correo"

Frequency rank: #1,473 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "correo"?
"correo" is spelled C-O-R-R-E-O. The IPA pronunciation is [koˈreo].
What does "correo" mean?
As a noun, "correo" means: Persona que transporta cartas, mensajes y otros envíos
What words are commonly confused with "correo"?
"correo" is commonly confused with "creo", "corte", "corto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "correo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "correo" is [koˈreo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "correo" come from?
"correo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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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.