obrero

/[oˈβ̞ɾeɾo]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,994

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

obrero is anSpanishadj. It means: Que trabaja, en especial en labores físicas y posee una jerarquía ínfima devengando sólo la remuneración mínima legal. Pronounced [oˈβ̞ɾeɾo]. It ranks #5,994 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with oreo and Otero.

Key facts for obrero
PropertyValue
Headwordobrero
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[oˈβ̞ɾeɾo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,994
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for obrero is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oˈβ̞ɾeɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,994 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for obrero, with forms such as "borero", "obbrero", and "oberro". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "oreo", "Otero", "Oruro", 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 obrero, spelled O-B-R-E-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que trabaja, en especial en labores físicas y posee una jerarquía ínfima devengando sólo la remuneración mínima legal.
  2. 2
    Propio de o relativo a los trabajadores

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: borero,obbrero,oberro,obreor,obrerro,obrreo,obrrero,orbero,ovrero

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for obrero

Misspelling Variants of "obrero"

borero6obbrero7oberro6obreor6obrerro7obrreo6obrrero7orbero6
Misspelling Variants of "obrero"

Frequency rank: #5,994 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "obrero"?
"obrero" is spelled O-B-R-E-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [oˈβ̞ɾeɾo].
What does "obrero" mean?
As an adj, "obrero" means: Que trabaja, en especial en labores físicas y posee una jerarquía ínfima devengando sólo la remuneración mínima legal.
What words are commonly confused with "obrero"?
"obrero" is commonly confused with "oreo", "Otero", "Oruro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "obrero"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "obrero" is [oˈβ̞ɾeɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "obrero" come from?
"obrero" 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.