curro
[ˈkuro]
The verdict
“curro” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #17,096) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #17,096
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Trabajo o faena que se desempeña generalmente por dinero.
Corpus desk
Index ES-curro · curro · Spanish
curro · rank #17,096 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,096
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH deberás
Nearest frequency peer: deberás (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “curro”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- coña
coña
82,909 corpus weight
- cuantía
cuantía
82,907 corpus weight
- curro
curro
82,905 corpus weight
- deberás
deberás
82,904 corpus weight
- debiendo
debiendo
82,903 corpus weight
- decidirá
decidirá
82,902 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “curro” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | curro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkuro] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #17,096 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “curro” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for curro is neighbouring look-alikes ("cuyo", "curt", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈkuro]. Frequency #17,096 among 8,288 “C” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for curro, with forms such as "ccurro", "cruro", and "curor". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cuyo", "curt", "curso", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is curro, spelled C-U-R-R-O.
Definition
- 1Trabajo o faena que se desempeña generalmente por dinero.
- 2Actividad irregular o delictiva por la que se obtiene dinero, en general mediante la credulidad ajena o el abuso de las normas.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccurro
- cruro
- curor
- ucrro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of curro - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "curro", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
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- "curro" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "cuyo". View pair
- 4 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #17,096 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.