morro

/[ˈmoro]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,962

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

morro is aSpanishnoun. It means: Monte, cerro o peñasco pequeños. Pronounced [ˈmoro]. Often confused with muro and moto.

Key facts for morro
PropertyValue
Headwordmorro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmoro]
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,962
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for morro is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmoro]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,962 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for morro, with forms such as "mmorro", "moror", and "mroro". 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, "muro", "moto", "mozo", 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 morro, spelled M-O-R-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Monte, cerro o peñasco pequeños.
  2. 2
    Protuberancia, parte convexa o redondeada que sobresale.
  3. 3
    Piedra pequeña y lisa.
  4. 4
    Parte saliente de la cara de animales como el perro y el oso, donde están la nariz y la boca.
  5. 5
    Boca o labios de alguien, en especial si son protuberantes.
  6. 6
    Falta de respeto o de vergüenza.
  7. 7
    Abultamiento en el pantalón del hombre, donde se encuentra el órgano sexual y, por extensión, dicho órgano.
  8. 8
    Niño, persona de corta edad.
  9. 9
    Persona con preferencias no heterosexuales convencionales.^([cita requerida])
  10. 10
    (Crescentia cujete) Árbol de la familia de las bignoniáceas, originario de la zona intertropical de América.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmorro,moror,mroro,omrro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for morro

Misspelling Variants of "morro"

mmorro6moror5mroro5omrro5
Misspelling Variants of "morro"

Frequency rank: #13,962 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "morro"?
"morro" is spelled M-O-R-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmoro].
What does "morro" mean?
As a noun, "morro" means: Monte, cerro o peñasco pequeños.
What words are commonly confused with "morro"?
"morro" is commonly confused with "muro", "moto", "mozo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "morro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "morro" is [ˈmoro]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "morro" come from?
"morro" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Spanish index:

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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.