regreso

/[reˈɣ̞ɾeso]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,700

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

regreso is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de regresar Pronounced [reˈɣ̞ɾeso]. It ranks #1,700 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with retraso and represa.

Key facts for regreso
PropertyValue
Headwordregreso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[reˈɣ̞ɾeso]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,700
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for regreso is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reˈɣ̞ɾeso]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,700 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for regreso, with forms such as "ergreso", "regerso", and "reggreso". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "retraso", "represa", "reguero", 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 regreso, spelled R-E-G-R-E-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de regresar
  2. 2
    Vuelta al sitio de donde se salió.
  3. 3
    Derecho de volver a poseer lo que se había enajenado.
  4. 4
    La acción o derecho de volver a obtener y poder repetir lo que se había enajenado o cedido por cualquier título.
  5. 5
    Resigna o cesión del beneficio a favor de otro.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ergreso,regerso,reggreso,regreos,regresso,regrreso,regrseo,rergeso,rgereso,rregreso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for regreso

Misspelling Variants of "regreso"

ergreso7regerso7reggreso8regreos7regresso8regrreso8regrseo7rergeso7
Misspelling Variants of "regreso"

Frequency rank: #1,700 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "regreso"?
"regreso" is spelled R-E-G-R-E-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈɣ̞ɾeso].
What does "regreso" mean?
As a noun, "regreso" means: Acción o efecto de regresar
What words are commonly confused with "regreso"?
"regreso" is commonly confused with "retraso", "represa", "reguero". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "regreso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "regreso" is [reˈɣ̞ɾeso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "regreso" come from?
"regreso" 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.