acebo

[aˈseβ̞o]

/[aˈseβ̞o]/ noun

The verdict

“acebo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,626 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,626
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Ilex aquifolium) Arbusto de 3 a 10 metros de altura de copa tupida con ramas desde el suelo. Hojas alternas, lustrosas, persistentes, verde oscuro por el haz y claro en el envés. Las hojas basales...

Corpus desk

Index ES-acebo · acebo · Spanish

acebo · rank #66,626 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,626
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH accedí

Nearest frequency peer: accedí (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “acebo”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “acebo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for acebo
PropertyValue
Headwordacebo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈseβ̞o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#66,626
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “acebo” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).acebocae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “accedí” (#66,625), “acortado” (#66,628), “acostumbraban” (#66,629). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “acebo” va en #66,626. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

acebo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,626 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈseβ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Ilex aquifolium) Arbusto de 3 a 10 metros de altura de copa tupida con ramas desde el suelo. Hojas alternas, lustrosas, persistentes, verde oscuro por el haz y claro en el envés. Las hojas basales...".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for acebo, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is acebo, spelled A-C-E-B-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Ilex aquifolium) Arbusto de 3 a 10 metros de altura de copa tupida con ramas desde el suelo. Hojas alternas, lustrosas, persistentes, verde oscuro por el haz y claro en el envés. Las hojas basales suelen ser muy espinosas. Fruto en drupa de color rojo en su madurez, que madura en otoño-invierno.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acebo"?
"acebo" is spelled A-C-E-B-O. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈseβ̞o].
What does "acebo" mean?
As a noun, "acebo" means: (Ilex aquifolium) Arbusto de 3 a 10 metros de altura de copa tupida con ramas desde el suelo. Hojas alternas, lustrosas, persistentes, verde oscuro por el haz y claro en el envés. Las hojas basales...
How do you pronounce "acebo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acebo" is [aˈseβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acebo" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "acebo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list