disco

/[ˈd̪isko]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,768

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

disco is aSpanishnoun. It means: Objeto plano y circular. Pronounced [ˈd̪isko]. It ranks #1,768 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with divo and dista.

Key facts for disco
PropertyValue
Headworddisco
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈd̪isko]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,768
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for disco is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪isko]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,768 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for disco, with forms such as "ddisco", "dicso", and "discco". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "divo", "dista", "diseño", 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 disco, spelled D-I-S-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Objeto plano y circular.
  2. 2
    Figura geométrica que representa un objeto tal.
  3. 3
    En especial, disco₁ en cuya superficie se han grabado datos acústicos o informáticos para ser reproducidos posteriormente.
  4. 4
    Disco₁ calado, con marcas para los diez dígitos decimales, utilizado en los teléfonos analógicos para indicar el número del abonado al que se desea contactar.
  5. 5
    Disco₁ arrojadizo empleado en ciertas pruebas de atletismo.
  6. 6
    Placa en forma de disco₁, cuya inscripción transmite instrucciones de circulación para regular el tráfico.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddisco,dicso,discco,disoc,dissco,dsico,idsco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for disco

Misspelling Variants of "disco"

ddisco6dicso5discco6disoc5dissco6dsico5idsco5
Misspelling Variants of "disco"

Frequency rank: #1,768 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "disco"?
"disco" is spelled D-I-S-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪isko].
What does "disco" mean?
As a noun, "disco" means: Objeto plano y circular.
What words are commonly confused with "disco"?
"disco" is commonly confused with "divo", "dista", "diseño". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "disco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "disco" is [ˈd̪isko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "disco" come from?
"disco" 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.