spello
noun
spello is spelled S-P-E-L-L-O: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, spello means “A homophonic spelling mistake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of spello is spellos.
How many letters and syllables are in spello?
| Letters | 6: S-P-E-L-L-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 95 million words; the 313,259th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is spello?
Spello appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce spello?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-spello.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of spello
- spellos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spello mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A homophonic spelling mistake.
He also wondered why I couldn't spell properly - I had to explain the difference between a typo and a spello.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does spello come from?
From spell + -o, modeled on typo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).