surco
[ˈsuɾko]
The verdict
“surco” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #24,664. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,664
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Franja de tierra hendida por el arado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-surco · surco · Spanish
surco · rank #24,664 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,664
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH supiste
Nearest frequency peer: supiste (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “surco”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- subastas
subastas
75,340 corpus weight
- subirá
subirá
75,339 corpus weight
- supiste
supiste
75,338 corpus weight
- surco
surco
75,337 corpus weight
- sustituyendo
sustituyendo
75,336 corpus weight
- tarro
tarro
75,334 corpus weight
What this shows “surco” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | surco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsuɾko] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #24,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “surco”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around surco (IPA [ˈsuɾko]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,664 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for surco, with forms such as "sruco", "ssurco", and "sucro". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "suyo", "surf", "suso", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is surco, spelled S-U-R-C-O.
Definition
- 1Franja de tierra hendida por el arado.
- 2Depresión lineal que deja un objeto al rascar o hendir la superficie de otro.
- 3Líneas profundas que se producen en la piel, sobre todo por efecto del envejecimiento.
- 4En los antiguos discos de vinilo, hendidura concéntrica que guía a la aguja del tocadiscos.
- 5Depresión entre dos cadenas montañosas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how surco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En los campos cogía la azada con fuerza y la plantaba vigorosamente entre los surcos, y cada vez que la levantaba arrancaba grandes porciones de tierra.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sruco
- ssurco
- sucro
- surcco
- suroc
- surrco
- usrco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of surco - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).