correr
Letters
6 characters
Frequency Rank
#2,156
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
7
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
correr is aSpanishverb. It means: Desplazarse rápidamente sobre el suelo mediante el movimiento alternado de las piernas o de las patas. Pronounced [koˈreɾ]. It ranks #2,156 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with corte and creer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | correr |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [koˈreɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,156 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for correr is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koˈreɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,156 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 23 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for correr, with forms such as "ccorrer", "corer", and "corerr". 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, "corte", "creer", "cover", 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 correr, spelled C-O-R-R-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Desplazarse rápidamente sobre el suelo mediante el movimiento alternado de las piernas o de las patas.
- 2Desplazarse rápidamente de cualquier otra forma, un vehículo, cosa o ser.
- 3Apresurarse en hacer algo.
- 4Tener prisa, estar muy ocupado en una actividad.
- 5Fluir, moverse un fluido: líquido o gas.
- 6Con referencia a un rumor, noticia, fama: extenderse o propagarse.
- 7Estar en marcha un mecanismo móvil.
- 8Ir o extenderse de un lugar a otro.
- 9Extenderse o dirigirse un río en una dirección.
- 10Haber o soplar el viento o el aire.
- 11Perseguir algo con entusiasmo.
- 12Asumir una tarea o responsabilidad.
- 13Transcurrir el tiempo, los plazos y unidades con las que lo medimos: segundos, días, meses, años, etc..
- 14Devengarse sueldo o emolumentos.
- 15Recorrer, extenderse de una parte a otra del cuerpo, una sensación como un dolor, escalofrío, calor, emoción, etc.
- 16Ser considerado normal y admisible en el uso y costumbres.
- 17Ir a hacer una cosa sin medir los alcances o consecuencias.
- 18Ir en derechura hacia una catástrofe o daño.
- 19Efectuarse sin contratiempos el pago de un salario.
- 20Ser válido, tener vigencia durante el período de tiempo considerado.
- 21Postular a un cargo electivo.
- 22Tener la responsabilidad de pagar, cuidar o despachar un asunto.
- 23Acudir a alguien en busca de protección o favor.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccorrer,corer,corerr,correrr,corrre,crorer,ocrrer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for correr
Misspelling Variants of "correr"
Frequency rank: #2,156 in Spanish
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Nearby Spanish words
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