juego

/[ˈxweɣ̞o]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#340

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

juego is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de jugar. Pronounced [ˈxweɣ̞o]. It ranks #340 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with juez and juro.

Key facts for juego
PropertyValue
Headwordjuego
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈxweɣ̞o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#340
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for juego is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈxweɣ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #340 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for juego, with forms such as "jeugo", "jjuego", and "jueggo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "juez", "juro", "jugo", 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 juego, spelled J-U-E-G-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de jugar.
  2. 2
    Actividad recreativa organizada con ciertas reglas.
  3. 3
    Recreación social, infantil, juvenil, familiar, popular, etc.
  4. 4
    Competencia física definida por un conjunto de reglas propias.
  5. 5
    Etapa del juego, que es una subdivisión del [set], a la que se llega habiendo ganado cuatro pelotas y teniendo dos de ventaja en ese total: 15, 30, 40 y juego.
  6. 6
    Manera en que dos piezas se articulan.
  7. 7
    Modificaciones o cambios rápidos.
  8. 8
    Conjunto de cosas que forman un todo con un uso común.
  9. 9
    Falta de firmeza en la unión de dos piezas.
  10. 10
    Lugar, emplazamiento o terreno especialmente habilitado para alguna práctica recreativa o deportiva.
  11. 11
    Acción o actividad con la que se intenta conseguir una ventaja.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jeugo,jjuego,jueggo,jueog,jugeo,ujego

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for juego

Misspelling Variants of "juego"

jeugo5jjuego6jueggo6jueog5jugeo5ujego5
Misspelling Variants of "juego"

Frequency rank: #340 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "juego"?
"juego" is spelled J-U-E-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈxweɣ̞o].
What does "juego" mean?
As a noun, "juego" means: Acción o efecto de jugar.
What words are commonly confused with "juego"?
"juego" is commonly confused with "juez", "juro", "jugo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "juego"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "juego" is [ˈxweɣ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "juego" come from?
"juego" 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.