ocaso

/[oˈkaso]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,437

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

ocaso is aSpanishnoun. It means: Momento en que un astro se oculta a la vista, bajo el horizonte. Pronounced [oˈkaso]. Often confused with oso and ocho.

Key facts for ocaso
PropertyValue
Headwordocaso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[oˈkaso]
Letters5
Frequency rank#22,437
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ocaso is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oˈkaso]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,437 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 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 ocaso, with forms such as "coaso", "oacso", and "ocaos". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "oso", "ocho", "Olas", 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 ocaso, spelled O-C-A-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Momento en que un astro se oculta a la vista, bajo el horizonte.
  2. 2
    Punto cardinal por donde se pone el Sol y lugar, área, dirección o territorio que se sitúa hacia ese punto, convencionalmente ubicado a la izquierda de los mapas, a 270° del norte.
  3. 3
    Periodo final de una vida.
  4. 4
    Periodo de decadencia hasta la ruina final.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: coaso,oacso,ocaos,ocasso,occaso,ocsao

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ocaso

Misspelling Variants of "ocaso"

coaso5oacso5ocaos5ocasso6occaso6ocsao5
Misspelling Variants of "ocaso"

Frequency rank: #22,437 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ocaso"?
"ocaso" is spelled O-C-A-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [oˈkaso].
What does "ocaso" mean?
As a noun, "ocaso" means: Momento en que un astro se oculta a la vista, bajo el horizonte.
What words are commonly confused with "ocaso"?
"ocaso" is commonly confused with "oso", "ocho", "Olas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ocaso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ocaso" is [oˈkaso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ocaso" come from?
"ocaso" 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 O 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.