ko
/ˈko/
The verdict
“ko” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #15,405) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #15,405
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 248
- “K” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Este, esta. Pronombre y adjetivo demostrativo usado para una entidad presente.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ko · ko · Spanish
ko · rank #15,405 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,405
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 248
- PHOTO-FINISH kai
Nearest frequency peer: kai (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ko”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- jugará
jugará
84,599 corpus weight
- June
June
84,598 corpus weight
- kai
kai
84,597 corpus weight
- ko
ko
84,596 corpus weight
- lama
lama
84,595 corpus weight
- lejanos
lejanos
84,594 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ko” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ko |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /ˈko/ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #15,405 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “ko” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ko is neighbouring look-alikes ("ku", "kun", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced /ˈko/. Frequency #15,405 among 248 “K” headwords. Gloss: "Este, esta. Pronombre y adjetivo demostrativo usado para una entidad presente.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ko, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ku", "kun", "Kobe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is ko, spelled K-O.
Definition
- 1Este, esta. Pronombre y adjetivo demostrativo usado para una entidad presente.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- "ko" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ku". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #15,405 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "K" letter cohort. K–Z browse
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.