pardo

/[ˈpaɾð̞o]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,035

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pardo is anSpanishadj. It means: De color similar al de la tierra, un amarillo o rojo muy poco luminoso, y más oscuro que el gris. Pronounced [ˈpaɾð̞o]. It ranks #8,035 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pro and pero.

Key facts for pardo
PropertyValue
Headwordpardo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈpaɾð̞o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,035
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pardo is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpaɾð̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,035 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 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 pardo, with forms such as "aprdo", "padro", and "parddo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pro", "pero", "paso", 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 pardo, spelled P-A-R-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    De color similar al de la tierra, un amarillo o rojo muy poco luminoso, y más oscuro que el gris.
  2. 2
    Dicho de una persona, de ascendencia mixta blanca y negra.
  3. 3
    De clase social baja.
  4. 4
    Falto de luz, en especial hablando del cielo y las nubes.
  5. 5
    Dicho de la voz, que carece de sonoridad y brillo.
  6. 6
    Falto de brillo y colorido.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aprdo,padro,parddo,parod,parrdo,ppardo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pardo

Misspelling Variants of "pardo"

aprdo5padro5parddo6parod5parrdo6ppardo6
Misspelling Variants of "pardo"

Frequency rank: #8,035 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pardo"?
"pardo" is spelled P-A-R-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpaɾð̞o].
What does "pardo" mean?
As an adj, "pardo" means: De color similar al de la tierra, un amarillo o rojo muy poco luminoso, y más oscuro que el gris.
What words are commonly confused with "pardo"?
"pardo" is commonly confused with "pro", "pero", "paso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pardo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pardo" is [ˈpaɾð̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pardo" come from?
"pardo" 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.