ro
[ˈro]
The verdict
“ro” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #11,856) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #11,856
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Voz de que se usa repetida para arrullar a los niños.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ro · ro · Spanish
ro · rank #11,856 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,856
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH revisado
Nearest frequency peer: revisado (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ro”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- registradas
registradas
88,149 corpus weight
- revisado
revisado
88,146 corpus weight
- ro
ro
88,145 corpus weight
- rugby
rugby
88,144 corpus weight
- Ruth
Ruth
88,143 corpus weight
- seguiría
seguiría
88,142 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ro” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈro] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #11,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ro” sits in Spanish frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ro is neighbouring look-alikes ("rr", "ru", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection pronounced [ˈro]. Frequency #11,856 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Gloss: "Voz de que se usa repetida para arrullar a los niños.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ro in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rr", "ru", "Rx", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is ro, spelled R-O.
Definition
- 1Voz de que se usa repetida para arrullar a los niños.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Duérmete ya, mi niño Duérmete ya, mi amor Ro, mi niño, ro Ro, mi niño, ro
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.