abocado
[aβ̞oˈkað̞o]
The verdict
“abocado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,038 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,038
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dícese del vino en que predomina el sabor algo azucarado, por habérsele añadido otro vino dulce o arrope de mosto. Al gusto destaca por su suavidad.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abocado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [aβ̞oˈkað̞o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,038 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abocado” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
abocado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,038 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [aβ̞oˈkað̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for abocado, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is abocado, spelled A-B-O-C-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Dícese del vino en que predomina el sabor algo azucarado, por habérsele añadido otro vino dulce o arrope de mosto. Al gusto destaca por su suavidad.
- 2Expuesto a cualquier adversidad o accidente.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “abocado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-B-O-C-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aβ̞oˈkað̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.