correo

Name: correo, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[koˈreo]

/[koˈreo]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“correo” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,473. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,473
frequency rank, Spanish: 8,288
“C” headwords: 6
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona que transporta cartas, mensajes y otros envíos

Corpus desk

Index ES-correo · correo · Spanish

correo · rank #1,473 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #1,473
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 6 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,288
PHOTO-FINISH contexto

Nearest frequency peer: contexto (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

cita

98,531
consumo

98,530
contexto

98,529
correo

98,528
culo

98,527
cuya

98,526

What this shows “correo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

correo vs creo

67% similar

correo vs corte

67% similar

correo vs corto

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for correo
Property	Value
Headword	correo
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[koˈreo]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#1,473
Misspellings tracked	6
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “correo”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.correocae aquí:

#1,473

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “contexto” (#1,472), “culo” (#1,474), “consumo” (#1,471). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “correo” va en #1,473. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around correo (IPA [koˈreo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,473 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for correo, with forms such as "ccorreo", "coreo", and "corero". 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, "creo", "corte", "corto", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is correo, spelled C-O-R-R-E-O.

Definition

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

Synonyms

chasqui mensajero correspondencia campana

This word in other languages

mail(English)correio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccorreo
coreo
corero
corroe
croreo
ocrreo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of correo - 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.

Edit distance from "correo"

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.

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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "correo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

elegir#1,479 figura#1,481 genial#1,482 usando#1,461

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

entra6 variants suena6 variants crees6 variants áreas6 variants