croto
[ˈkɾot̪o]
The verdict
“croto” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,396 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,396
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que no tiene oficio ni domicilio fijo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-croto · croto · Spanish
croto · rank #74,396 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,396
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cribado
Nearest frequency peer: cribado (-2 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “croto”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- crecieran
crecieran
25,609 corpus weight
- cribado
cribado
25,607 corpus weight
- croto
croto
25,605 corpus weight
- cuatrienio
cuatrienio
25,603 corpus weight
- culmen
culmen
25,602 corpus weight
- culmine
culmine
25,601 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “croto” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | croto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkɾot̪o] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,396 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “croto” en español
Rare enough to double-check
croto is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,396 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkɾot̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for croto, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is croto, spelled C-R-O-T-O.
Definition
- 1Que no tiene oficio ni domicilio fijo.
- 2Dicho de una persona, de gusto vulgar o inferior, y hábitos incultos.
- 3Dicho de una cosa, propia de alguien croto₂
- 4Nombre vulgar de la especie de plantas Codiaeum variegatum.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how croto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Otra cuestión a tener en cuenta es la importancia que tuvieron los crotos o linyeras en la propagación del anarquismo, sobre todo a partir de fines de la segunda década del presente siglo y hasta principios de los años ’30. Estos trotamundos que usaban sus piernas y los vagones del ferrocarril a modo de alas, son los protagonistas de varios artículos de H…
This word in other languages
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.
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