coronel
/koɾoˈnel/ · A2 · noun · m
colonel
🎖️ coronel = colonel with the L swapped for R, just as English says it: kernel
English spells it colonel but says kernel, with an R sound. Spanish simply writes that R: coronel. Both come from Italian colonnello, leader of a column (colonna) of soldiers; the L shifted to R along the way.