bolso

/[ˈbolso]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,985

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bolso is aSpanishnoun. It means: Complemento para las mujeres similar a una maleta de mano donde suelen llevar sus objetos personales, como por ejemplo: las llaves, el pintalabios, las gafas, el monedero, articulos de bisutería, e... Pronounced [ˈbolso]. It ranks #6,985 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with boo and bos.

Key facts for bolso
PropertyValue
Headwordbolso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbolso]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,985
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for bolso is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbolso]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,985 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for bolso, with forms such as "bbolso", "bloso", and "bollso". 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, "boo", "bos", "BSO", 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 bolso, spelled B-O-L-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Complemento para las mujeres similar a una maleta de mano donde suelen llevar sus objetos personales, como por ejemplo: las llaves, el pintalabios, las gafas, el monedero, articulos de bisutería, el peine, etc.
  2. 2
    Bolsillo del dinero.
  3. 3
    Bolsillo del vestido.
  4. 4
    Especie de hinchazón que forma una vela, ya a causa del viento que la hiere, ya por haber cogido aire al manejarla.
  5. 5
    Se dice de cada una de las porciones que las velas, prinicipalmente las cuadras, quedan formando una vez cargadas.
  6. 6
    Tipo de equipaje de material flexible pero resistente, menor que una maleta, usado para llevar enseres.
  7. 7
    Por extensión, dícese de la mochila, bolsa de material resistente adosada a la espalda.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbolso,bloso,bollso,bolsso,boslo,oblso,volso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bolso

Misspelling Variants of "bolso"

bbolso6bloso5bollso6bolsso6boslo5oblso5volso5
Misspelling Variants of "bolso"

Frequency rank: #6,985 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bolso"?
"bolso" is spelled B-O-L-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbolso].
What does "bolso" mean?
As a noun, "bolso" means: Complemento para las mujeres similar a una maleta de mano donde suelen llevar sus objetos personales, como por ejemplo: las llaves, el pintalabios, las gafas, el monedero, articulos de bisutería, e...
What words are commonly confused with "bolso"?
"bolso" is commonly confused with "boo", "bos", "BSO". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bolso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bolso" is [ˈbolso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bolso" come from?
"bolso" 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.