enfermero

/[ẽɱfeɾˈmeɾo]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,850

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

enfermero is aSpanishnoun. It means: Persona que ejerce la profesión de enfermería. Pronounced [ẽɱfeɾˈmeɾo]. Often confused with enfermo and enfermizo.

Key facts for enfermero
PropertyValue
Headwordenfermero
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ẽɱfeɾˈmeɾo]
Letters9
Frequency rank#24,850
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for enfermero is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽɱfeɾˈmeɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,850 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Persona que ejerce la profesión de enfermería.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for enfermero, with forms such as "efnermero", "enefrmero", and "enfemrero". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "enfermo", "enfermizo", "enfermeros", 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 enfermero, spelled E-N-F-E-R-M-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
    Persona que ejerce la profesión de enfermería.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efnermero,enefrmero,enfemrero,enferemro,enfermeor,enfermerro,enfermmero,enfermreo,enferrmero,enffermero,enfremero,ennfermero,nefermero

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for enfermero

Misspelling Variants of "enfermero"

efnermero9enefrmero9enfemrero9enferemro9enfermeor9enfermerro10enfermmero10enfermreo9
Misspelling Variants of "enfermero"

Frequency rank: #24,850 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enfermero"?
"enfermero" is spelled E-N-F-E-R-M-E-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽɱfeɾˈmeɾo].
What does "enfermero" mean?
As a noun, "enfermero" means: Persona que ejerce la profesión de enfermería.
What words are commonly confused with "enfermero"?
"enfermero" is commonly confused with "enfermo", "enfermizo", "enfermeros". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enfermero"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enfermero" is [ẽɱfeɾˈmeɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enfermero" come from?
"enfermero" 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.