a caballito
[a kaβ̞aˈʝit̪o]
The verdict
“a caballito” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Llevando a alguien colgado en la espalda con los brazos alrededor del cuello y las piernas agarradas por los antebrazos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | a caballito |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [a kaβ̞aˈʝit̪o] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “a caballito” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
a caballito is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [a kaβ̞aˈʝit̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Llevando a alguien colgado en la espalda con los brazos alrededor del cuello y las piernas agarradas por los antebrazos.".
Zero misspellings are on record for a caballito in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is a caballito, spelled A- -C-A-B-A-L-L-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1Llevando a alguien colgado en la espalda con los brazos alrededor del cuello y las piernas agarradas por los antebrazos.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “a caballito”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A- -C-A-B-A-L-L-I-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [a kaβ̞aˈʝit̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.