apio

[ˈapjo]

/[ˈapjo]/ noun

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The verdict

“apio” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #29,034) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#29,034
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Apium graveolens) Planta anual herbácea, de la familia de las apiáceas, que alcanza 1 m de altura, con tallos gruesos y carnosos, hojas pinnadas o bipinnadas con foliolos en forma de rombo, flores...

Corpus desk

Index ES-apio · apio · Spanish

apio · rank #29,034 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,034
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH aragoneses

Nearest frequency peer: aragoneses (+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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “apio”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “apio” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

apio vs así
25% similar
apio vs aro
50% similar
apio vs ari
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for apio
PropertyValue
Headwordapio
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈapjo]
Letters4
Frequency rank#29,034
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “apio”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.apiocae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “aragoneses” (#29,035), “apagones” (#29,032), “Arauco” (#29,036). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “apio” va en #29,034. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for apio is neighbouring look-alikes ("así", "aro", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈapjo]. Frequency #29,034 among 7,704 “A” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for apio, with forms such as "aipo", "apoi", and "appio". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "así", "aro", "ari", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 apio, spelled A-P-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Apium graveolens) Planta anual herbácea, de la familia de las apiáceas, que alcanza 1 m de altura, con tallos gruesos y carnosos, hojas pinnadas o bipinnadas con foliolos en forma de rombo, flores en umbela, de color blanco o amarillento y muy pequeñas, y frutos ovoides de hasta 2 mm de diámetro. Se cultiva desde la Antigüedad por sus pencas comestibles y sus raíces, así como por el aceite esencial que se obtiene de sus frutos
  2. 2
    Hombre afeminado
  3. 3
    Dícese de la arracacha (Arracacia xanthorrhiza), planta apiácea de raíz feculenta comestible.

Synonyms

apio Españacéleryzanahoria blanca

This word in other languages

celery(English)céleri(Français)Sellerie(Deutsch)aipo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aipo
  • apoi
  • appio
  • paio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apio - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aipo2apoi2appio1paio2
Edit distance from "apio"

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 "apio"?
"apio" is spelled A-P-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapjo].
What does "apio" mean?
As a noun, "apio" means: (Apium graveolens) Planta anual herbácea, de la familia de las apiáceas, que alcanza 1 m de altura, con tallos gruesos y carnosos, hojas pinnadas o bipinnadas con foliolos en forma de rombo, flores...
What words are commonly confused with "apio"?
"apio" is commonly confused with "así", "aro", "ari". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "apio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apio" is [ˈapjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apio" come from?
"apio" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

beer#29,067éter#29,001buck#29,080bugs#29,081

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list