ros
[ˈros]
The verdict
“ros” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #20,505) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #20,505
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sombrero cilíndrico de fieltro rígido, similar a un chacó pequeño con orejeras y más alto por delante que por detrás, empleado durante los siglos XIX y XX como parte del uniforme militar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ros · ros · Spanish
ros · rank #20,505 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,505
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH rogar
Nearest frequency peer: rogar (-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 “ros”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- retiran
retiran
79,500 corpus weight
- riéndose
riéndose
79,498 corpus weight
- rogar
rogar
79,497 corpus weight
- ros
ros
79,496 corpus weight
- rosca
rosca
79,495 corpus weight
- rotundamente
rotundamente
79,494 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ros” 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 | ros |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈros] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #20,505 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “ros” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ros is neighbouring look-alikes ("rr", "ru", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈros]. Frequency #20,505 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Gloss: "Sombrero cilíndrico de fieltro rígido, similar a un chacó pequeño con orejeras y más alto por delante que por detrás, empleado durante los siglos XIX y XX como parte del uniforme militar.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ros, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is ros, spelled R-O-S.
Definition
- 1Sombrero cilíndrico de fieltro rígido, similar a un chacó pequeño con orejeras y más alto por delante que por detrás, empleado durante los siglos XIX y XX como parte del uniforme militar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ros appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
colgados en las paredes y rodando por el suelo cien objetos curiosos, recogidos en su expedición por España y África; armas, muebles, ropas; el ros, el sombrero calañés, la faja árabe o la cordobesa, y mi cama de campaña.
Del año 1856 data la adopción de levita azul y cabos encarnados para los cuerpos de línea, y garancés para los ligeros; de 1858 el cambio de morrión por el ros, el correaje de espada entre oficiales, y el pantalón de dicho color garancé generalizado a todos los cuerpos.
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.
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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.