baboso
[baˈβ̞oso]
The verdict
“baboso” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #35,371. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,371
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que segrega baba (sustancia viscosa animal o vegetal, en particular la saliva).
Corpus desk
Index ES-baboso · baboso · Spanish
baboso · rank #35,371 · 9 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,371
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH azafata
Nearest frequency peer: azafata (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “baboso”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- autóctono
autóctono
64,633 corpus weight
- azafata
azafata
64,631 corpus weight
- baboso
baboso
64,630 corpus weight
- bajaban
bajaban
64,629 corpus weight
- bananera
bananera
64,628 corpus weight
- barraca
barraca
64,627 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “baboso” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baboso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [baˈβ̞oso] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #35,371 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “baboso” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around baboso (IPA [baˈβ̞oso]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,371 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for baboso, with forms such as "abboso", "babboso", and "baboos". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "baso", "Bajos", "Baños", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is baboso, spelled B-A-B-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1Que segrega baba (sustancia viscosa animal o vegetal, en particular la saliva).
- 2Cubierto de baba, o que las segrega en abundancia.
- 3De textura apenas cuajada, especialmente dicho de los huevos en gastronomía.
- 4Falto de inteligencia o entendimiento.
- 5Que carece de la habilidad o conocimiento requeridos para realizar eficazmente algo.
- 6Que no tiene valor para enfrentarse a las dificultades o para defender sus ideas.
- 7Que intenta ganar el favor de una persona comportándose de forma zalamera y servil.
- 8Impertinentemente obsequioso con las personas del género de su preferencia.
- 9Arrogante, soberbio.
- 10Cubierto por una capa viscosa desagradable al tacto.
- 11Dicho de un hombre, que es pervertido, morboso o aberrado sexual.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abboso
- babboso
- baboos
- babosso
- babsoo
- baobso
- bbaboso
- bbaoso
- vavoso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of baboso - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "baboso", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "baboso". Here's where to go from here.
- "baboso" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "baso". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #35,371 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.