criollo

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

[ˈkɾjoʝo]

/[ˈkɾjoʝo]/ adj

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

The verdict

“criollo” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #13,876. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,876
frequency rank, Spanish: 8,288
“C” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho del hijo de europeos nacido en América.

Corpus desk

Index ES-criollo · criollo · Spanish

criollo · rank #13,876 · 8 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-MID #13,876
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,288
PHOTO-FINISH Craig

Nearest frequency peer: Craig (-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.

continuamos

86,128
cortaron

86,127
Craig

86,126
criollo

86,125
cross

86,124
crueles

86,123

What this shows “criollo” 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).

criollo vs criollos

88% similar

criollo vs chollo

71% similar

criollo vs criolla

86% similar

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

Key facts for criollo
Property	Value
Headword	criollo
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈkɾjoʝo]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#13,876
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “criollo”

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

#13,876

#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 “Craig” (#13,875), “cross” (#13,877), “cortaron” (#13,874). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “criollo” va en #13,876. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around criollo (IPA [ˈkɾjoʝo]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,876 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for criollo, with forms such as "ccriollo", "cirollo", and "crilolo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "criollos", "chollo", "criolla", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is criollo, spelled C-R-I-O-L-L-O.

Definition

1
Dicho del hijo de europeos nacido en América.
2
Aplícase al negro nacido en América, por oposición al que ha sido traído de África.
3
Relativo a lo propio de América, en especial Hispanoamérica.
4
un pidgin que se vuelve la lengua nativa de una generación tras la criollización de este. Generalmente surgen en comunidades que habitan en rutas comerciales o tras procesos de colonización y debido a ello presentan rasgos provenientes de múltiples lenguas.

This word in other languages

creole(English)kreolisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccriollo
cirollo
crilolo
criolo
criolol
croillo
crriollo
rciollo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of criollo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "criollo"

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 "criollo"?

"criollo" is spelled C-R-I-O-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɾjoʝo].

What does "criollo" mean?

As an adjective, "criollo" means: Dicho del hijo de europeos nacido en América.

What words are commonly confused with "criollo"?

"criollo" is commonly confused with "criollos", "chollo", "criolla". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "criollo"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "criollo" is [ˈkɾjoʝo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "criollo" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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