folclore

/[folˈkloɾe]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,236

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

folclore is aSpanishnoun. It means: Conjunto de las actividades, costumbres y creencias tradicionales de un pueblo o etnia. Pronounced [folˈkloɾe]. Often confused with folklore and folclor.

Key facts for folclore
PropertyValue
Headwordfolclore
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[folˈkloɾe]
Letters8
Frequency rank#27,236
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for folclore is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [folˈkloɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,236 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for folclore, with forms such as "ffolclore", "floclore", and "focllore". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "folklore", "folclor", 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 folclore, spelled F-O-L-C-L-O-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conjunto de las actividades, costumbres y creencias tradicionales de un pueblo o etnia.
  2. 2
    Estudio de las tradiciones de los pueblos o etnias.
  3. 3
    Música popular que se transmite de generación en generación por vía oral (y hoy en día también de manera académica) como una parte más de los valores y de la cultura de un pueblo.
  4. 4
    Por extensión, conjunto de géneros musicales contemporáneos revitalizados que toman los rasgos de la música folclórica, sobre todo cuando se refiere a la música rural.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffolclore,floclore,focllore,folcclore,folcllore,folcloer,folclorre,folclroe,folcolre,follclore,follcore,oflclore

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for folclore

Misspelling Variants of "folclore"

ffolclore9floclore8focllore8folcclore9folcllore9folcloer8folclorre9folclroe8
Misspelling Variants of "folclore"

Frequency rank: #27,236 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "folclore"?
"folclore" is spelled F-O-L-C-L-O-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [folˈkloɾe].
What does "folclore" mean?
As a noun, "folclore" means: Conjunto de las actividades, costumbres y creencias tradicionales de un pueblo o etnia.
What words are commonly confused with "folclore"?
"folclore" is commonly confused with "folklore", "folclor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "folclore"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "folclore" is [folˈkloɾe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "folclore" come from?
"folclore" 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.