Pablo

/[ˈpaːbloː]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,719

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

Pablo is aGermanname. It means: spanischsprachiger Familienname, Nachname Pronounced [ˈpaːbloː]. Often confused with pal and Paul.

Key facts for Pablo
PropertyValue
HeadwordPablo
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈpaːbloː]
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,719
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Pablo in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Pablo is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpaːbloː]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,719 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "spanischsprachiger Familienname, Nachname".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Pablo, with forms such as "apblo", "pabblo", and "pabllo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "pal", "Paul", "polo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Pablo, spelled P-A-B-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    spanischsprachiger Familienname, Nachname

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apblo,pabblo,pabllo,pabol,palbo,pbalo,ppablo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Pablo

Misspelling Variants of "Pablo"

apblo5pabblo6pabllo6pabol5palbo5pbalo5ppablo6
Misspelling Variants of "Pablo"

Frequency rank: #11,719 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pablo"?
"Pablo" is spelled P-A-B-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpaːbloː].
What does "Pablo" mean?
As a name, "Pablo" means: spanischsprachiger Familienname, Nachname
What words are commonly confused with "Pablo"?
"Pablo" is commonly confused with "pal", "Paul", "polo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Pablo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pablo" is [ˈpaːbloː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pablo" come from?
"Pablo" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.