picaro
\pi.ka.ʁo\
The verdict
“picaro” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aventurier de basse extraction menant sa vie de façon malhonnête.
Corpus desk
Index FR-picaro · picaro · French
picaro · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | picaro |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pi.ka.ʁo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « picaro » en français
Rare enough to double-check
picaro is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pi.ka.ʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aventurier de basse extraction menant sa vie de façon malhonnête.".
Zero misspellings are on record for picaro in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is picaro, spelled P-I-C-A-R-O.
Definition
- 1Aventurier de basse extraction menant sa vie de façon malhonnête.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how picaro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Or, ces aventures ne sont pas celles d’un picaro espagnol, d’un fourbe adroit, d’un intrigant, d'un fripon.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.