cabello

/[kaˈβ̞eʝo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,440

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

cabello is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cada uno de los pelos que crecen en la cabeza. Pronounced [kaˈβ̞eʝo]. It ranks #2,440 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with calló and cuello.

Key facts for cabello
PropertyValue
Headwordcabello
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈβ̞eʝo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,440
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cabello is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈβ̞eʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,440 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for cabello, with forms such as "acbello", "cabbello", and "cabelo". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "calló", "cuello", "canelo", 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 cabello, spelled C-A-B-E-L-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cada uno de los pelos que crecen en la cabeza.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, conjunto de pelos de la cabeza.
  3. 3
    Fibra o barba de la mazorca de maíz.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acbello,cabbello,cabelo,cabelol,cablelo,caebllo,cavello,cbaello,ccabello

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cabello

Misspelling Variants of "cabello"

acbello7cabbello8cabelo6cabelol7cablelo7caebllo7cavello7cbaello7
Misspelling Variants of "cabello"

Frequency rank: #2,440 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cabello"?
"cabello" is spelled C-A-B-E-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈβ̞eʝo].
What does "cabello" mean?
As a noun, "cabello" means: Cada uno de los pelos que crecen en la cabeza.
What words are commonly confused with "cabello"?
"cabello" is commonly confused with "calló", "cuello", "canelo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cabello"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cabello" is [kaˈβ̞eʝo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cabello" come from?
"cabello" 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.