uno
[ˈuno]
The verdict
“uno” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #77) as a numeral. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #77
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 448
- “U” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - La cantidad de una cosa solitaria (a saber, sin otros).
Corpus desk
Index ES-uno · uno · Spanish
uno · rank #77 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #77
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 448
- PHOTO-FINISH día
Nearest frequency peer: día (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “uno”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- algo
algo
99,927 corpus weight
- tiempo
tiempo
99,926 corpus weight
- día
día
99,925 corpus weight
- uno
uno
99,924 corpus weight
- mejor
mejor
99,923 corpus weight
- mucho
mucho
99,922 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “uno” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | uno |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | [ˈuno] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #77 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “uno” sits in Spanish frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for uno is neighbouring look-alikes ("us", "up", …), not just typos; it is anumeral pronounced [ˈuno]. Frequency #77 among 448 “U” headwords. Gloss: "La cantidad de una cosa solitaria (a saber, sin otros).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for uno, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "us", "up", "ur", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is uno, spelled U-N-O.
Definition
- 1La cantidad de una cosa solitaria (a saber, sin otros).
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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- "uno" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "us". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #77 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.