uro

[ˈuɾo]

/[ˈuɾo]/ noun

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The verdict

“uro” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,653 among 4,148 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,653
frequency rank, Spanish
4,148
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Bos taurus primigenius) Animal salvaje, hoy extinto, cuya domesticación dio origen a las actuales razas de vacunos.

Key facts for uro
PropertyValue
Headworduro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈuɾo]
Letters3
Frequency rank#79,653
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “uro” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). uro lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

uro is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,653 among 4,148 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈuɾo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Bos taurus primigenius) Animal salvaje, hoy extinto, cuya domesticación dio origen a las actuales razas de vacunos.".

No misspelling variants are generated for uro in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is uro, spelled U-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Bos taurus primigenius) Animal salvaje, hoy extinto, cuya domesticación dio origen a las actuales razas de vacunos.

This word in other languages

aurochs(English)auroch(Français)Auerochse(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "uro"?
"uro" is spelled U-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈuɾo].
What does "uro" mean?
As a noun, "uro" means: (Bos taurus primigenius) Animal salvaje, hoy extinto, cuya domesticación dio origen a las actuales razas de vacunos.
How do you pronounce "uro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "uro" is [ˈuɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "uro" come from?
"uro" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “uro”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is U-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈuɾo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

Other uncommon Spanish words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list