Apolo

/[aˈpolo]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,064

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Apolo is aSpanishname. It means: Dios griego y romano de los oráculos, de la medicina, de la poesía, de las artes, de los rebaños, del día y del sol. También recibía el nombre de Febo. Era hijo de Zeus y Leto (Júpiter y Latona), y... Pronounced [aˈpolo]. Often confused with apto and apoyo.

Key facts for Apolo
PropertyValue
HeadwordApolo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[aˈpolo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#14,064
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Apolo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Apolo is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈpolo]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,064 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dios griego y romano de los oráculos, de la medicina, de la poesía, de las artes, de los rebaños, del día y del sol. También recibía el nombre de Febo. Era hijo de Zeus y Leto (Júpiter y Latona), y...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Apolo, with forms such as "aoplo", "aploo", and "apollo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "apto", "apoyo", "apoya", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is Apolo, spelled A-P-O-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dios griego y romano de los oráculos, de la medicina, de la poesía, de las artes, de los rebaños, del día y del sol. También recibía el nombre de Febo. Era hijo de Zeus y Leto (Júpiter y Latona), y hermano gemelo de Artemisa (Diana).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aoplo,aploo,apollo,apool,appolo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Apolo

Misspelling Variants of "Apolo"

aoplo5aploo5apollo6apool5appolo6
Misspelling Variants of "Apolo"

Frequency rank: #14,064 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Apolo"?
"Apolo" is spelled A-P-O-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈpolo].
What does "Apolo" mean?
As a name, "Apolo" means: Dios griego y romano de los oráculos, de la medicina, de la poesía, de las artes, de los rebaños, del día y del sol. También recibía el nombre de Febo. Era hijo de Zeus y Leto (Júpiter y Latona), y...
What words are commonly confused with "Apolo"?
"Apolo" is commonly confused with "apto", "apoyo", "apoya". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Apolo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Apolo" is [aˈpolo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Apolo" come from?
"Apolo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.