rostro
[ˈrost̪ɾo]
The verdict
“rostro” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #2,316 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,316
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - La parte visible de la cabeza. Referido más a los rasgos que nos identifican que al estado de ánimo. Por ejemplo se dice: "un rostro expresivo" pero en cambio suena mejor "¡Anima esa cara!" o "a ma...
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 | rostro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈrost̪ɾo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,316 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rostro” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for rostro is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈrost̪ɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,316 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "La parte visible de la cabeza. Referido más a los rasgos que nos identifican que al estado de ánimo. Por ejemplo se dice: "un rostro expresivo" pero en cambio suena mejor "¡Anima esa cara!" o "a ma...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for rostro, with forms such as "orstro", "rosrto", and "rosstro". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "roto", "rostros", "resto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is rostro, spelled R-O-S-T-R-O.
Definition
- 1La parte visible de la cabeza. Referido más a los rasgos que nos identifican que al estado de ánimo. Por ejemplo se dice: "un rostro expresivo" pero en cambio suena mejor "¡Anima esa cara!" o "a mal tiempo buena cara" (algo pasajero) mientras que se define "un rostro enjuto".
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: orstro,rosrto,rosstro,rostor,rostrro,rosttro,rotsro,rrostro,rsotro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rostro - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “rostro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-O-S-T-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈrost̪ɾo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “roto” - see the side-by-side comparison. rostro vs roto
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.