seco

/[ˈseko]/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,198

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

seco is anSpanishadj. It means: Que no tiene agua, que no tiene humedad. Pronounced [ˈseko]. It ranks #4,198 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with so and ser.

Key facts for seco
PropertyValue
Headwordseco
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈseko]
Letters4
Frequency rank#4,198
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for seco is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈseko]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,198 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for seco, with forms such as "ceco", "esco", and "sceo". 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, "so", "ser", "sed", 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 seco, spelled S-E-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que no tiene agua, que no tiene humedad.
  2. 2
    Dícese de las bebidas que no son dulces.
  3. 3
    Que es áspero, directo, sin suavizantes.
  4. 4
    Dicho de una persona, de genio arisco o de trato difícil.
  5. 5
    Sin dinero.
  6. 6
    Harto o cansado de alguien.
  7. 7
    Dormido.
  8. 8
    Sobrio.
  9. 9
    Que tiene mucha experiencia o habilidad en alguna disciplina o tarea.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ceco,esco,sceo,secco,seoc,sseco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for seco

Misspelling Variants of "seco"

ceco4esco4sceo4secco5seoc4sseco5
Misspelling Variants of "seco"

Frequency rank: #4,198 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "seco"?
"seco" is spelled S-E-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈseko].
What does "seco" mean?
As an adj, "seco" means: Que no tiene agua, que no tiene humedad.
What words are commonly confused with "seco"?
"seco" is commonly confused with "so", "ser", "sed". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "seco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "seco" is [ˈseko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "seco" come from?
"seco" 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.