rico

/[ˈriko]/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#976

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rico is anSpanishadj. It means: Dicho de una persona, que posee gran cantidad de bienes o dinero. Pronounced [ˈriko]. It ranks #976 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ro and río.

Key facts for rico
PropertyValue
Headwordrico
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈriko]
Letters4
Frequency rank#976
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for rico is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈriko]. Corpus data places it at rank #976 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for rico, with forms such as "irco", "rcio", and "ricco". 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, "ro", "río", "ríe", 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 rico, spelled R-I-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dicho de una persona, que posee gran cantidad de bienes o dinero.
  2. 2
    Dicho de un bien material, de gran precio o valor.
  3. 3
    Dicho de la tierra u otro medio de producción, que produce mucho.
  4. 4
    Dicho de un alimento, de sabor agradable.
  5. 5
    Propio de o perteneciente a la nobleza.
  6. 6
    Dicho de una persona, en especial de un niño, que tiene encanto y gracia.
  7. 7
    Dicho de una persona, que tiene gran atractivo físico.
  8. 8
    Por extensión, que causa sensación de placer y alegría.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: irco,rcio,ricco,rioc,rrico

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rico

Misspelling Variants of "rico"

irco4rcio4ricco5rioc4rrico5
Misspelling Variants of "rico"

Frequency rank: #976 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rico"?
"rico" is spelled R-I-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈriko].
What does "rico" mean?
As an adj, "rico" means: Dicho de una persona, que posee gran cantidad de bienes o dinero.
What words are commonly confused with "rico"?
"rico" is commonly confused with "ro", "río", "ríe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rico"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rico" is [ˈriko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rico" come from?
"rico" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter R in our Spanish index:

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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.