error

/[eˈroɾ]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#913

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

error is aSpanishnoun. It means: Desviación de lo exacto, lo verdadero o lo correcto. Pronounced [eˈroɾ]. It ranks #913 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with euro and euros.

Key facts for error
PropertyValue
Headworderror
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eˈroɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#913
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for error is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eˈroɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #913 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for error, with forms such as "eror", "erorr", and "errorr". 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, "euro", "euros", "errores", 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 error, spelled E-R-R-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Desviación de lo exacto, lo verdadero o lo correcto.
  2. 2
    Creencia en algo que no es cierto.
  3. 3
    Acción que va contra un conjunto de normas sociales, religiosas, etc.
  4. 4
    Diferencia entre un valor estimado y el valor real de una cantidad.
  5. 5
    Diferencia entre el valor calculado, estimado observado o medido y el valor teórico o especificado, o correcto de una cantidad.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eror,erorr,errorr,errro,reror

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for error

Misspelling Variants of "error"

eror4erorr5errorr6errro5reror5
Misspelling Variants of "error"

Frequency rank: #913 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "error"?
"error" is spelled E-R-R-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [eˈroɾ].
What does "error" mean?
As a noun, "error" means: Desviación de lo exacto, lo verdadero o lo correcto.
What words are commonly confused with "error"?
"error" is commonly confused with "euro", "euros", "errores". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "error"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "error" is [eˈroɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "error" come from?
"error" 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.