truco

/[ˈt̪ɾuko]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,445

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

truco is aSpanishnoun. It means: Medio artificioso y planeado con el que se obtienen ciertos efectos inesperados o poco comunes en artes de diversa índole tal como el ilusionismo, el teatro, la fotografía etc. Pronounced [ˈt̪ɾuko]. It ranks #5,445 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with tuvo and tuyo.

Key facts for truco
PropertyValue
Headwordtruco
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt̪ɾuko]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,445
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for truco is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪ɾuko]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,445 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 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 truco, with forms such as "rtuco", "trcuo", and "trruco". 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, "tuvo", "tuyo", "tubo", 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 truco, spelled T-R-U-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Medio artificioso y planeado con el que se obtienen ciertos efectos inesperados o poco comunes en artes de diversa índole tal como el ilusionismo, el teatro, la fotografía etc.
  2. 2
    Juego de cartas con la baraja española, en el que se enfrentan dos equipos que deben sumar puntos mediante el envido o el truco. Se puede jugar de a dos, cuatro o seis jugadores.
  3. 3
    Específicamente en sentido propio, es la segunda fase de una mano en el juego del truco que se juega una vez que ambos jugadores tuvieron la oportunidad de cantar (o dejar pasar) el envido y la gana quien gane dos de las tres rondas jugadas.
  4. 4
    Ardid, medio usado con el fin de entrampar o engañar.
  5. 5
    Cencerro de tamaño más grande que el normal.
  6. 6
    Conjunto de habilidades adquiridas en el ejercicio de una disciplina.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtuco,trcuo,trruco,trucco,truoc,ttruco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for truco

Misspelling Variants of "truco"

rtuco5trcuo5trruco6trucco6truoc5ttruco6
Misspelling Variants of "truco"

Frequency rank: #5,445 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "truco"?
"truco" is spelled T-R-U-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪ɾuko].
What does "truco" mean?
As a noun, "truco" means: Medio artificioso y planeado con el que se obtienen ciertos efectos inesperados o poco comunes en artes de diversa índole tal como el ilusionismo, el teatro, la fotografía etc.
What words are commonly confused with "truco"?
"truco" is commonly confused with "tuvo", "tuyo", "tubo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "truco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "truco" is [ˈt̪ɾuko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "truco" come from?
"truco" 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.