rango

/[ˈrãŋgo]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,209

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rango is aSpanishnoun. It means: Posición de una persona o cosa en un conjunto ordenado de acuerdo a criterios específicos. Pronounced [ˈrãŋgo]. It ranks #3,209 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with rato and raro.

Key facts for rango
PropertyValue
Headwordrango
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈrãŋgo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,209
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for rango is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈrãŋgo]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,209 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for rango, with forms such as "arngo", "ragno", and "ranggo". 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, "rato", "raro", "rayo", 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 rango, spelled R-A-N-G-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Posición de una persona o cosa en un conjunto ordenado de acuerdo a criterios específicos.
  2. 2
    En particular, rango₁ social o profesional.
  3. 3
    En particular, rango₂ en el escalafón militar.
  4. 4
    En particular, rango₂ elevado o selecto.
  5. 5
    Por extensión, propensión a actuar desinteresadamente que se supone convencionalmente propia de la gente de rango₄.
  6. 6
    Intervalo entre el valor mínimo y máximo de un conjunto.
  7. 7
    Conjunto de los valores que puede tomar una función.
  8. 8
    Fila de escolares.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: arngo,ragno,ranggo,ranngo,ranog,rnago,rrango

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rango

Misspelling Variants of "rango"

arngo5ragno5ranggo6ranngo6ranog5rnago5rrango6
Misspelling Variants of "rango"

Frequency rank: #3,209 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rango"?
"rango" is spelled R-A-N-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈrãŋgo].
What does "rango" mean?
As a noun, "rango" means: Posición de una persona o cosa en un conjunto ordenado de acuerdo a criterios específicos.
What words are commonly confused with "rango"?
"rango" is commonly confused with "rato", "raro", "rayo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rango"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rango" is [ˈrãŋgo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rango" come from?
"rango" 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.