error
Spanish, noun/eˈroɾ/
error is spelled E-R-R-O-R (5 letters) and appears 95 times per million words in written Spanish, the 913th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Error is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “error” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desviación de lo exacto, lo verdadero o lo correcto”.
What does error mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineerror
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Desviación de lo exacto, lo verdadero o lo correcto. 2. Creencia en algo que no es cierto. 3. Acción que va contra un conjunto de normas sociales, religiosas, etc. 4. Diferencia entre un valor estimado y el valor real de una cantidad.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of error
- errores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce error?
- /eˈroɾ/
- [eˈroɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to error
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is error in Spanish?
error appears 95 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).