rostro

/[ˈrost̪ɾo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,316

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

rostro is aSpanishnoun. It means: 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... Pronounced [ˈrost̪ɾo]. It ranks #2,316 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with roto and rostros.

Key facts for rostro
PropertyValue
Headwordrostro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈrost̪ɾo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,316
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for rostro is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for rostro, with forms such as "orstro", "rosrto", and "rosstro". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "roto", "rostros", "resto", 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 rostro, spelled R-O-S-T-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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 mal tiempo buena cara" (algo pasajero) mientras que se define "un rostro enjuto".

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: orstro,rosrto,rosstro,rostor,rostrro,rosttro,rotsro,rrostro,rsotro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rostro

Misspelling Variants of "rostro"

orstro6rosrto6rosstro7rostor6rostrro7rosttro7rotsro6rrostro7
Misspelling Variants of "rostro"

Frequency rank: #2,316 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rostro"?
"rostro" is spelled R-O-S-T-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈrost̪ɾo].
What does "rostro" mean?
As a noun, "rostro" means: 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...
What words are commonly confused with "rostro"?
"rostro" is commonly confused with "roto", "rostros", "resto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rostro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rostro" is [ˈrost̪ɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rostro" come from?
"rostro" 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.