arlo

/[ˈaɾlo]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#98,099

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

arlo is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Berberis vulgaris) Arbusto espinoso de la familia de las Berberidáceas que llega a los tres metros de altura; hojas caducas, aovadas, de un verde intenso; flores amarillas; frutos pequeños de colo... Pronounced [ˈaɾlo].

Key facts for arlo
PropertyValue
Headwordarlo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaɾlo]
Letters4
Frequency rank#98,099
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for arlo is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɾlo]. Corpus data places it at rank #98,099 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for arlo in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 arlo, spelled A-R-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Berberis vulgaris) Arbusto espinoso de la familia de las Berberidáceas que llega a los tres metros de altura; hojas caducas, aovadas, de un verde intenso; flores amarillas; frutos pequeños de color violáceo. Es usado para preparar compotas, bebidas y vinos. Puede ser tóxico, y es usado en medicina natural como laxante, espasmolítico y antipirético. Su madera se usa en ebanistería.
  2. 2
    Fruto de este arbusto.
  3. 3
    Racimo de uva, colgado para convertirlo en pasas.
  4. 4
    Por extensión, cualquier fruta colgada del techo de la casa para su conservación

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #98,099 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "arlo"?
"arlo" is spelled A-R-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɾlo].
What does "arlo" mean?
As a noun, "arlo" means: (Berberis vulgaris) Arbusto espinoso de la familia de las Berberidáceas que llega a los tres metros de altura; hojas caducas, aovadas, de un verde intenso; flores amarillas; frutos pequeños de colo...
How do you pronounce "arlo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arlo" is [ˈaɾlo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arlo" come from?
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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.