# bello

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #28,129

## Definitions
1. A young man; sweetheart.

## Etymology
From Italian bello (“man; fella”). Doublet of beau.

## Easily confused with
- **bill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bello-vs-bill)
- **belt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bello-vs-belt)
- **bull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bello-vs-bull)
- **Belo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bello-vs-belo)
- **Beto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bello-vs-beto)
- **bolo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bello-vs-bolo)
- **below** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bello-vs-below)
- **bills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bello-vs-bills)
- **billy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bello-vs-billy)
- **belly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bello-vs-belly)
- **bulls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bello-vs-bulls)
- **bells** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bello-vs-bells)
- **bully** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bello-vs-bully)
- **belts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bello-vs-belts)
- **bilbo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bello-vs-bilbo)
- **bento** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bello-vs-bento)
- **Buell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bello-vs-buell)
- **bellow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bello-vs-bellow)
- **bellows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bello-vs-bellows)
- **bel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bel-vs-bello)

## Common misspellings (4)
`bbello`, `belol`, `blelo`, `ebllo`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bello