rancio

/[ˈrãnsjo]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,948

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

rancio is anSpanishadj. It means: Que cambió su color, olor y sabor, adquiriendo una especie de corrupción, por haberse guardado o detenido mucho tiempo. Aplícase especialmente a bebidas que tienen lípidos y se oxidan. Pronounced [ˈrãnsjo]. Often confused with rango and rocío.

Key facts for rancio
PropertyValue
Headwordrancio
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈrãnsjo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,948
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for rancio is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈrãnsjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,948 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for rancio, with forms such as "arncio", "racnio", and "ranccio". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "rango", "rocío", "ratio", 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 rancio, spelled R-A-N-C-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que cambió su color, olor y sabor, adquiriendo una especie de corrupción, por haberse guardado o detenido mucho tiempo. Aplícase especialmente a bebidas que tienen lípidos y se oxidan.
  2. 2
    Dicho especialmente del vino: añejo, antiguo o conservado por mucho tiempo.
  3. 3
    Que tiene una larga tradición.
  4. 4
    Anticuado (que pertenece o concierne al pasado).
  5. 5
    Conservador (de ideas conservadoras).
  6. 6
    Ruin, deplorable, despreciable, indigno.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: arncio,racnio,ranccio,rancoi,ranico,ranncio,ransio,rnacio,rrancio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rancio

Misspelling Variants of "rancio"

arncio6racnio6ranccio7rancoi6ranico6ranncio7ransio6rnacio6
Misspelling Variants of "rancio"

Frequency rank: #31,948 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rancio"?
"rancio" is spelled R-A-N-C-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈrãnsjo].
What does "rancio" mean?
As an adj, "rancio" means: Que cambió su color, olor y sabor, adquiriendo una especie de corrupción, por haberse guardado o detenido mucho tiempo. Aplícase especialmente a bebidas que tienen lípidos y se oxidan.
What words are commonly confused with "rancio"?
"rancio" is commonly confused with "rango", "rocío", "ratio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rancio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rancio" is [ˈrãnsjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rancio" come from?
"rancio" 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.