horrores

/[oˈroɾes]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,860

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

horrores is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de horror. Pronounced [oˈroɾes]. Often confused with horroroso and horrorosa.

Key facts for horrores
PropertyValue
Headwordhorrores
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[oˈroɾes]
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,860
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for horrores is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oˈroɾes]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,860 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de horror.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for horrores, with forms such as "hhorrores", "horores", and "hororres". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "horroroso", "horrorosa", "horror", 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 horrores, spelled H-O-R-R-O-R-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de horror.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhorrores,horores,hororres,horroers,horroress,horrorres,horrorse,horrroes,hrorores,ohrrores

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for horrores

Misspelling Variants of "horrores"

hhorrores9horores7hororres8horroers8horroress9horrorres9horrorse8horrroes8
Misspelling Variants of "horrores"

Frequency rank: #14,860 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "horrores"?
"horrores" is spelled H-O-R-R-O-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [oˈroɾes].
What does "horrores" mean?
As a noun, "horrores" means: Forma del plural de horror.
What words are commonly confused with "horrores"?
"horrores" is commonly confused with "horroroso", "horrorosa", "horror". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "horrores"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "horrores" is [oˈroɾes]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "horrores" come from?
"horrores" 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.