horror

/[oˈroɾ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,215

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

horror is aSpanishnoun. It means: Emoción intensa en respuesta a lo terrible, a algo o alguien que produce miedo, pavor. Pronounced [oˈroɾ]. It ranks #5,215 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with horrores and honor.

Key facts for horror
PropertyValue
Headwordhorror
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[oˈroɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,215
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for horror is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oˈroɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,215 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for horror, with forms such as "hhorror", "horor", and "hororr". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "horrores", "honor", "Horno", 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 horror, spelled H-O-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
    Emoción intensa en respuesta a lo terrible, a algo o alguien que produce miedo, pavor.
  2. 2
    Cualquier cosa que puede producir esta emoción.
  3. 3
    Rechazo, aversión o repulsión intensa hacia algo o alguien.
  4. 4
    Condición o carácter de grande, numeroso, o muy intenso.
  5. 5
    Género literario o cinematográfico que se concentra en emociones y experiencias horripilantes o de miedo, pavor.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhorror,horor,hororr,horrorr,horrro,hroror,ohrror

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for horror

Misspelling Variants of "horror"

hhorror7horor5hororr6horrorr7horrro6hroror6ohrror6
Misspelling Variants of "horror"

Frequency rank: #5,215 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "horror"?
"horror" is spelled H-O-R-R-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [oˈroɾ].
What does "horror" mean?
As a noun, "horror" means: Emoción intensa en respuesta a lo terrible, a algo o alguien que produce miedo, pavor.
What words are commonly confused with "horror"?
"horror" is commonly confused with "horrores", "honor", "Horno". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "horror"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "horror" is [oˈroɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "horror" come from?
"horror" 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.