raso

[ˈraso]

/[ˈraso]/ adj

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The verdict

“raso” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #23,915) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#23,915
frequency rank, Spanish
4,151
“R” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plano, llano.

Corpus desk

Index ES-raso · raso · Spanish

raso · rank #23,915 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,915
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH pulgas

Nearest frequency peer: pulgas (-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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “raso”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “raso” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

raso vs ro
50% similar
raso vs río
50% similar
raso vs ray
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for raso
PropertyValue
Headwordraso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈraso]
Letters4
Frequency rank#23,915
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “raso”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.rasocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “pulgas” (#23,914), “ratificar” (#23,916), “rebajas” (#23,917). Entre 4,151 lemas con “R”, “raso” va en #23,915. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for raso is neighbouring look-alikes ("ro", "río", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [ˈraso]. Frequency #23,915 among 4,151 “R” headwords. 8 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for raso, with forms such as "rasso", "rraso", and "rsao". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ro", "río", "ray", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is raso, spelled R-A-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plano, llano.
  2. 2
    Dicho de un asiento: sin respaldo.
  3. 3
    Referido a militares, que no posee un grado superior.
  4. 4
    Por extensión, que posee la jerarquía más baja y no posee subordinados, por lo que no tiene poder de mando y sólo se limita a recibir órdenes.
  5. 5
    Dicho de la atmósfera: despejada.
  6. 6
    Que pasa o se mueve a poca altura del suelo.
  7. 7
    Lleno hasta el tope, sin rebalsar o pasarse del borde.
  8. 8
    Raído, rasgado.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how raso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. No es más que un soldado raso.
  2. Es un empleado raso.

Synonyms

planollanolisocolmado

This word in other languages

satin(Français)Satin(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rasso
  • rraso
  • rsao

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of raso - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

rasso1rraso1rsao2
Edit distance from "raso"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "raso"?
"raso" is spelled R-A-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈraso].
What does "raso" mean?
As an adjective, "raso" means: Plano, llano.
What words are commonly confused with "raso"?
"raso" is commonly confused with "ro", "río", "ray". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "raso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "raso" is [ˈraso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "raso" come from?
"raso" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "raso", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reos#23,928olmo#23,883most#23,869Tang#23,966

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list