VOR

[ˈboɾ]

/[ˈboɾ]/ abbrev

The verdict

“VOR” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #49,352) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#49,352
frequency rank, Spanish
1,793
“V” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Radioayuda a la navegación que utilizan las aeronaves para seguir en vuelo una ruta preestablecida.

Corpus desk

Index ES-vor · VOR · Spanish

VOR · rank #49,352 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,352
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,793
  • PHOTO-FINISH vistosos

Nearest frequency peer: vistosos (-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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “VOR”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “VOR” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

VOR vs voy
0% similar
VOR vs vos
0% similar
VOR vs voz
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for VOR
PropertyValue
HeadwordVOR
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[ˈboɾ]
Letters3
Frequency rank#49,352
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “VOR”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).VORcae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “vistosos” (#49,351), “vueltos” (#49,353), “vistieron” (#49,350). Entre 1,793 lemas con “V”, “VOR” va en #49,352. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for VOR is neighbouring look-alikes ("voy", "vos", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced [ˈboɾ]. Frequency #49,352 among 1,793 “V” headwords. Gloss: "Radioayuda a la navegación que utilizan las aeronaves para seguir en vuelo una ruta preestablecida.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for VOR, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "voy", "vos", "voz", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 VOR, spelled V-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Radioayuda a la navegación que utilizan las aeronaves para seguir en vuelo una ruta preestablecida.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "VOR"?
"VOR" is spelled V-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈboɾ].
What does "VOR" mean?
As an abbreviation, "VOR" means: Radioayuda a la navegación que utilizan las aeronaves para seguir en vuelo una ruta preestablecida.
What words are commonly confused with "VOR"?
"VOR" is commonly confused with "voy", "vos", "voz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "VOR"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "VOR" is [ˈboɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "VOR" come from?
"VOR" 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "VOR", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list