bowling
[bowˈlĩŋ]
The verdict
“bowling” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #39,618 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #39,618
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Juego consistente en derribar una decena de pinos con una bola pesada que se arroja por una pista de unos dieciocho metros de longitud.
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 | bowling |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bowˈlĩŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #39,618 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bowling” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for bowling is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bowˈlĩŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,618 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Juego consistente en derribar una decena de pinos con una bola pesada que se arroja por una pista de unos dieciocho metros de longitud.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for bowling, with forms such as "bbowling", "bolwing", and "bowilng". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "boing", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is bowling, spelled B-O-W-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Juego consistente en derribar una decena de pinos con una bola pesada que se arroja por una pista de unos dieciocho metros de longitud.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbowling,bolwing,bowilng,bowlign,bowlingg,bowlinng,bowlling,bowlnig,bowwling,bwoling,obwling,vowling
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bowling - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “bowling”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-O-W-L-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bowˈlĩŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “boing” - see the side-by-side comparison. bowling vs boing
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.