cráneo

/[ˈkɾaneo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,094

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cráneo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Conjunto de huesos ubicados en la cabeza del animal y que contienen y protegen al encéfalo. Pronounced [ˈkɾaneo]. It ranks #9,094 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with creo and craso.

Key facts for cráneo
PropertyValue
Headwordcráneo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɾaneo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,094
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cráneo is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkɾaneo]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,094 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for cráneo, with forms such as "ccráneo", "crnáeo", and "crráneo". 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", "craso", "cuando", 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 cráneo, spelled C-R-Á-N-E-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conjunto de huesos ubicados en la cabeza del animal y que contienen y protegen al encéfalo.
  2. 2
    Persona que es o se reputa muy inteligente.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccráneo,crnáeo,crráneo,cráeno,cránneo,cránoe,cárneo,rcáneo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cráneo

Misspelling Variants of "cráneo"

ccráneo7crnáeo6crráneo7cráeno6cránneo7cránoe6cárneo6rcáneo6
Misspelling Variants of "cráneo"

Frequency rank: #9,094 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cráneo"?
"cráneo" is spelled C-R-Á-N-E-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɾaneo].
What does "cráneo" mean?
As a noun, "cráneo" means: Conjunto de huesos ubicados en la cabeza del animal y que contienen y protegen al encéfalo.
What words are commonly confused with "cráneo"?
"cráneo" is commonly confused with "creo", "craso", "cuando". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cráneo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cráneo" is [ˈkɾaneo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cráneo" come from?
"cráneo" 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.