pardo
[ˈpaɾð̞o]
The verdict
“pardo” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,035. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,035
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De color similar al de la tierra, un amarillo o rojo muy poco luminoso, y más oscuro que el gris.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pardo · pardo · Spanish
pardo · rank #8,035 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,035
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pantalón
Nearest frequency peer: pantalón (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “pardo”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- notado
notado
91,969 corpus weight
- otorgado
otorgado
91,968 corpus weight
- pantalón
pantalón
91,967 corpus weight
- pardo
pardo
91,966 corpus weight
- partículas
partículas
91,964 corpus weight
- perdidas
perdidas
91,963 corpus weight
What this shows “pardo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | pardo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈpaɾð̞o] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,035 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “pardo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around pardo (IPA [ˈpaɾð̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,035 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for pardo, with forms such as "aprdo", "padro", and "parddo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pro", "pero", "paso", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is pardo, spelled P-A-R-D-O.
Definition
- 1De color similar al de la tierra, un amarillo o rojo muy poco luminoso, y más oscuro que el gris.
- 2Dicho de una persona, de ascendencia mixta blanca y negra.
- 3De clase social baja.
- 4Falto de luz, en especial hablando del cielo y las nubes.
- 5Dicho de la voz, que carece de sonoridad y brillo.
- 6Falto de brillo y colorido.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pardo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En mi infancia de gorrión un ex-convicto y un pardo me enseñaron un lunfardo académico y bastardo que aprendí a la perfección.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aprdo
- padro
- parddo
- parod
- parrdo
- ppardo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pardo - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pardo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).