rencor

/[rẽŋˈkoɾ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,483

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

rencor is aSpanishnoun. It means: Sentimiento de hostilidad duradero y arraigado contra algo o alguien. Pronounced [rẽŋˈkoɾ]. Often confused with reno and ronco.

Key facts for rencor
PropertyValue
Headwordrencor
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[rẽŋˈkoɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,483
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for rencor is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [rẽŋˈkoɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,483 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Sentimiento de hostilidad duradero y arraigado contra algo o alguien.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for rencor, with forms such as "erncor", "recnor", and "renccor". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "reno", "ronco", "renos", 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 rencor, spelled R-E-N-C-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sentimiento de hostilidad duradero y arraigado contra algo o alguien.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erncor,recnor,renccor,rencorr,rencro,renncor,renocr,rnecor,rrencor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rencor

Misspelling Variants of "rencor"

erncor6recnor6renccor7rencorr7rencro6renncor7renocr6rnecor6
Misspelling Variants of "rencor"

Frequency rank: #11,483 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rencor"?
"rencor" is spelled R-E-N-C-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [rẽŋˈkoɾ].
What does "rencor" mean?
As a noun, "rencor" means: Sentimiento de hostilidad duradero y arraigado contra algo o alguien.
What words are commonly confused with "rencor"?
"rencor" is commonly confused with "reno", "ronco", "renos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rencor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rencor" is [rẽŋˈkoɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rencor" come from?
"rencor" 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.