colombo

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/[…]/ noun

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The verdict

“colombo” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,407. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,407
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine artenreiche Familie der Vögel, mithin der Ordnung der Taubenvögel

Corpus desk

Index DE-colombo · colombo · German

colombo · rank #42,407 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,407
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH coll

Nearest frequency peer: coll (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „colombo“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „colombo“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

colombo vs combo
71% similar
colombo vs of
14% similar
colombo vs ii
0% similar

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

Key facts for colombo
PropertyValue
Headwordcolombo
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#42,407
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „colombo“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).colomboliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „coll“ (#42,406), „Curling“ (#42,409), „clouds“ (#42,404). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „colombo“ bei #42,407. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around colombo (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,407 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine artenreiche Familie der Vögel, mithin der Ordnung der Taubenvögel".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for colombo, with forms such as "ccolombo", "cloombo", and "collombo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "combo", "of", "ii", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is colombo, spelled C-O-L-O-M-B-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine artenreiche Familie der Vögel, mithin der Ordnung der Taubenvögel

This word in other languages

pigeon(English)pombo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccolombo
  • cloombo
  • collombo
  • colmobo
  • colobmo
  • colombbo
  • colommbo
  • colomob
  • coolmbo
  • oclombo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of colombo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccolombo1cloombo2collombo1colmobo2colobmo2colombbo1colommbo1colomob2
Edit distance from "colombo"

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "colombo"?
"colombo" is spelled C-O-L-O-M-B-O. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "colombo" mean?
As a noun, "colombo" means: eine artenreiche Familie der Vögel, mithin der Ordnung der Taubenvögel
What words are commonly confused with "colombo"?
"colombo" is commonly confused with "combo", "of", "ii". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "colombo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "colombo" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "colombo" come from?
"colombo" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Curling#42,409Deponie#42,414Bündner#42,395dichtem#42,419

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Cheyenne10 variantsblockt10 variantseckigen10 variantsBeijing10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list