cabello

[kaˈβ̞eʝo]

/[kaˈβ̞eʝo]/ noun

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The verdict

“cabello” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,440. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,440
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cada uno de los pelos que crecen en la cabeza.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cabello · cabello · Spanish

cabello · rank #2,440 · 9 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,440
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bogotá

Nearest frequency peer: Bogotá (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “cabello”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “cabello” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cabello vs calló
57% similar
cabello vs cuello
71% similar
cabello vs canelo
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cabello”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).cabellocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Bogotá” (#2,439), “cercano” (#2,441), “ausencia” (#2,438). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cabello” va en #2,440. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around cabello (IPA [kaˈβ̞eʝo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,440 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cabello, with forms such as "acbello", "cabbello", and "cabelo". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "calló", "cuello", "canelo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is cabello, spelled C-A-B-E-L-L-O.

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

cabellerapelo

This word in other languages

hair(English)cheveu(Français)Haar(Deutsch)cabelo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acbello
  • cabbello
  • cabelo
  • cabelol
  • cablelo
  • caebllo
  • cavello
  • cbaello
  • ccabello

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cabello - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acbello2cabbello1cabelo1cabelol2cablelo2caebllo2cavello1cbaello2
Edit distance from "cabello"

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.

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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cabello", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cercano#2,441diálogo#2,445estadio#2,448inicial#2,452

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Bogotá9 variantsactivo9 variantsactiva9 variantsmadres9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list