otros
[ˈot̪ɾos]
The verdict
“otros” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #104 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #104
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del masculino plural de otro.
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 | otros |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈot̪ɾos] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #104 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “otros” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for otros is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈot̪ɾos]. Corpus data places it at rank #104 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del masculino plural de otro.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for otros, with forms such as "ortos", "otors", and "otross". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "otto", "oro", "otro", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is otros, spelled O-T-R-O-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del masculino plural de otro.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ortos,otors,otross,otrros,otrso,ottros
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of otros - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “otros”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-T-R-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈot̪ɾos] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “otto” - see the side-by-side comparison. otros vs otto
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.