cabos
[ˈkaβ̞os]
The verdict
“cabos” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #14,535 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #14,535
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En las personas, ojos, cejas y pelo.
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 | cabos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaβ̞os] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #14,535 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cabos” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cabos is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaβ̞os]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,535 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cabos, with forms such as "acbos", "cabbos", and "caboss". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cas", "cos", "caso", and more, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is cabos, spelled C-A-B-O-S.
Definition
- 1En las personas, ojos, cejas y pelo.
- 2En los caballos y yeguas los pies, el hocico y la crin.
- 3Las piezas sueltas que se usan con el vestido, como son medias, zapatos, sombrero, etc.
- 4En los caballos todo lo que no es la silla y el aderezo.
- 5En las fábricas de telas los hilos que queden de ellas.
- 6Las varias especies que se han tocado en algún asunto o discurso.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acbos,cabbos,caboss,cabso,caobs,cavos,cbaos,ccabos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cabos - 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 “cabos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-B-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkaβ̞os] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cas” - see the side-by-side comparison. cabos vs cas
- 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.