féretro

/[ˈfeɾet̪ɾo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,243

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

féretro is aSpanishnoun. It means: Caja o andas en la que se llevan a enterrar los difuntos. Pronounced [ˈfeɾet̪ɾo]. Often confused with Ferrero and ferreiro.

Key facts for féretro
PropertyValue
Headwordféretro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfeɾet̪ɾo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#39,243
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for féretro is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfeɾet̪ɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,243 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Caja o andas en la que se llevan a enterrar los difuntos.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for féretro, with forms such as "fféretro", "fréetro", and "féertro". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Ferrero", "ferreiro", "febrero", 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 féretro, spelled F-É-R-E-T-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caja o andas en la que se llevan a enterrar los difuntos.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fféretro,fréetro,féertro,férerto,féretor,féretrro,férettro,férretro,fértero,éfretro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for féretro

Misspelling Variants of "féretro"

fféretro8fréetro7féertro7férerto7féretor7féretrro8férettro8férretro8
Misspelling Variants of "féretro"

Frequency rank: #39,243 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "féretro"?
"féretro" is spelled F-É-R-E-T-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfeɾet̪ɾo].
What does "féretro" mean?
As a noun, "féretro" means: Caja o andas en la que se llevan a enterrar los difuntos.
What words are commonly confused with "féretro"?
"féretro" is commonly confused with "Ferrero", "ferreiro", "febrero". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "féretro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "féretro" is [ˈfeɾet̪ɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "féretro" come from?
"féretro" 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.