oro

/[ˈoɾo]/ noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#752

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

oro is aSpanishnoun. It means: Elemento químico con el número atómico 79. Es un metal pesado, dúctil, maleable, resistente a la corrosión, muy apreciado en joyería desde la remota Antigüedad. Pronounced [ˈoɾo]. It ranks #752 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with os and oz.

Key facts for oro
PropertyValue
Headwordoro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈoɾo]
Letters3
Frequency rank#752
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for oro is 3 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈoɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #752 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for oro in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "os", "oz", "ou", 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 oro, spelled O-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Elemento químico con el número atómico 79. Es un metal pesado, dúctil, maleable, resistente a la corrosión, muy apreciado en joyería desde la remota Antigüedad.
  2. 2
    Joyería u ornamento de este material.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, bien que se usa para el pago de otros bienes y servicios y como unidad de medida de la riqueza.
  4. 4
    Medalla de este metal, que se otorga convencionalmente al primer clasificado en ciertas pruebas deportivas.
  5. 5
    Cualquier naipe de la baraja española pertenenciente al palo de los oros.
  6. 6
    Color entre amarillo y naranja que recuerda el color del metal con el mismo nombre.
  7. 7
    Color amarillo, que se representa por puntos.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #752 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oro"?
"oro" is spelled O-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈoɾo].
What does "oro" mean?
As a noun, "oro" means: Elemento químico con el número atómico 79. Es un metal pesado, dúctil, maleable, resistente a la corrosión, muy apreciado en joyería desde la remota Antigüedad.
What words are commonly confused with "oro"?
"oro" is commonly confused with "os", "oz", "ou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "oro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oro" is [ˈoɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oro" come from?
"oro" 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

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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.