rubro

/[ˈruβ̞ɾo]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,925

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rubro is anSpanishadj. It means: De color similar al de la sangre o el sol poniente, de longitud de onda entre 630 y 760 nm :* Color: . Pronounced [ˈruβ̞ɾo]. Often confused with ruso and rudo.

Key facts for rubro
PropertyValue
Headwordrubro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈruβ̞ɾo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,925
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for rubro is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈruβ̞ɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,925 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "De color similar al de la sangre o el sol poniente, de longitud de onda entre 630 y 760 nm :* Color: .".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for rubro, with forms such as "rburo", "rrubro", and "rubbro". 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, "ruso", "rudo", "rufo", 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 rubro, spelled R-U-B-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    De color similar al de la sangre o el sol poniente, de longitud de onda entre 630 y 760 nm :* Color: .

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rburo,rrubro,rubbro,rubrro,rurbo,ruvro,urbro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rubro

Misspelling Variants of "rubro"

rburo5rrubro6rubbro6rubrro6rurbo5ruvro5urbro5
Misspelling Variants of "rubro"

Frequency rank: #10,925 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rubro"?
"rubro" is spelled R-U-B-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈruβ̞ɾo].
What does "rubro" mean?
As an adj, "rubro" means: De color similar al de la sangre o el sol poniente, de longitud de onda entre 630 y 760 nm :* Color: .
What words are commonly confused with "rubro"?
"rubro" is commonly confused with "ruso", "rudo", "rufo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rubro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rubro" is [ˈruβ̞ɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rubro" come from?
"rubro" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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.