Urano
[uˈɾano]
The verdict
“Urano” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #40,058 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #40,058
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dios primordial del cielo en la mitología griega, a un tiempo hijo y esposo de Gea y padre junto a ella de la mayoría de los dioses griegos.
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 | Urano |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [uˈɾano] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #40,058 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Urano” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Urano is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [uˈɾano]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,058 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Urano, with forms such as "uarno", "uranno", and "uraon". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "usan", "urna", "usado", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Urano, spelled U-R-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1Dios primordial del cielo en la mitología griega, a un tiempo hijo y esposo de Gea y padre junto a ella de la mayoría de los dioses griegos.
- 2Planeta del sistema solar, el séptimo a partir del Sol.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: uarno,uranno,uraon,urnao,urrano
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Urano - 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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Using “Urano”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is U-R-A-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [uˈɾano] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “usan” - see the side-by-side comparison. Urano vs usan
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.