esmero

/[esˈmeɾo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,572

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

esmero is aSpanishnoun. It means: Enorme cuidado y atención diligente en hacer las cosas con perfección. Pronounced [esˈmeɾo]. Often confused with Ester and espero.

Key facts for esmero
PropertyValue
Headwordesmero
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[esˈmeɾo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#34,572
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for esmero is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈmeɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,572 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Enorme cuidado y atención diligente en hacer las cosas con perfección.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for esmero, with forms such as "esemro", "esmeor", and "esmerro". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Ester", "espero", "espera", 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 esmero, spelled E-S-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
    Enorme cuidado y atención diligente en hacer las cosas con perfección.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esemro,esmeor,esmerro,esmmero,esmreo,essmero,semero

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for esmero

Misspelling Variants of "esmero"

esemro6esmeor6esmerro7esmmero7esmreo6essmero7semero6
Misspelling Variants of "esmero"

Frequency rank: #34,572 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "esmero"?
"esmero" is spelled E-S-M-E-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [esˈmeɾo].
What does "esmero" mean?
As a noun, "esmero" means: Enorme cuidado y atención diligente en hacer las cosas con perfección.
What words are commonly confused with "esmero"?
"esmero" is commonly confused with "Ester", "espero", "espera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "esmero"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "esmero" is [esˈmeɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "esmero" come from?
"esmero" 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.