crucero

/[kɾuˈseɾo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,500

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

crucero is aSpanishnoun. It means: En una iglesia de planta de cruz, zona de intersección entre la nave principal y otra transversal a ella situada ante el presbiterio. El crucero suele estar cubierto por cimborrio o cúpula. Pronounced [kɾuˈseɾo]. It ranks #8,500 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cuero and Cruces.

Key facts for crucero
PropertyValue
Headwordcrucero
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɾuˈseɾo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,500
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for crucero is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɾuˈseɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,500 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for crucero, with forms such as "ccrucero", "crcuero", and "crrucero". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "cuero", "Cruces", "culero", 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 crucero, spelled C-R-U-C-E-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    En una iglesia de planta de cruz, zona de intersección entre la nave principal y otra transversal a ella situada ante el presbiterio. El crucero suele estar cubierto por cimborrio o cúpula.
  2. 2
    Nave transversal a la nave principal, las cuales secan en el crucero₁, en una iglesia de planta cruciforme.
  3. 3
    Viaje de placer en un barco de pasajeros.
  4. 4
    Navío de guerra artillado, de gran velocidad, que cruzaba por un paraje para efectuar su vigilancia.
  5. 5
    Punto en el que se cruzan dos caminos, calles o rutas.
  6. 6
    Cruz de piedra en el cruce de caminos o en atrios, sobre una plataforma con peldaños con la Piedad o un crucifijo esculpidos, común en ciertos lugares de Europa.
  7. 7
    Portador de la cruz en procesiones y otras ceremonias sagradas.
  8. 8
    (Colletia ulicina) Arbusto espinoso, áfilo, de la familia de las Ramnáceas, de flores rojas, cultivado como planta ornamental. Habita en el centro de Chile y en Argentina..
  9. 9
    (Colletia spp.) Nombre de varios arbustos espinosos de la familia de las Ramnáceas que habitan en Chile y Argentina: Colletia spinosissima o Colletia hystrix (crucero, junco, junco marino, yaqui, llaqui, chacal, roque), Colletia spinosa (crucero, yaqui, yaquil, cunco, junco minero), Colletia ulicina (crucero), Colletia paradoxa (curro, crucero).
  10. 10
    Extensión de mar en que cruzan uno o mas buques.
  11. 11
    Operación o acción de cruzar determinada extensión de mar.
  12. 12
    Buque cuya comisión es cruzar en algún paraje, bien sea en alta mar o sobre una costa para interceptar el paso a otro buque, esperarlo, etc. sea o no con intenciones hostiles.
  13. 13
    Mecanismo que permite viajar a velocidad constante (velocidad de crucero) sin mantener apretado el pedal del acelerador.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccrucero,crcuero,crrucero,cruccero,cruceor,crucerro,crucreo,cruecro,crusero,curcero,rcucero

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for crucero

Misspelling Variants of "crucero"

ccrucero8crcuero7crrucero8cruccero8cruceor7crucerro8crucreo7cruecro7
Misspelling Variants of "crucero"

Frequency rank: #8,500 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crucero"?
"crucero" is spelled C-R-U-C-E-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kɾuˈseɾo].
What does "crucero" mean?
As a noun, "crucero" means: En una iglesia de planta de cruz, zona de intersección entre la nave principal y otra transversal a ella situada ante el presbiterio. El crucero suele estar cubierto por cimborrio o cúpula.
What words are commonly confused with "crucero"?
"crucero" is commonly confused with "cuero", "Cruces", "culero". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crucero"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crucero" is [kɾuˈseɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crucero" come from?
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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.