cabos

/[ˈkaβ̞os]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,535

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cabos is aSpanishnoun. It means: En las personas, ojos, cejas y pelo. Pronounced [ˈkaβ̞os]. Often confused with cas and cos.

Key facts for cabos
PropertyValue
Headwordcabos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkaβ̞os]
Letters5
Frequency rank#14,535
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cabos is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for cabos, with forms such as "acbos", "cabbos", and "caboss". 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, "cas", "cos", "caso", 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 cabos, spelled C-A-B-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    En las personas, ojos, cejas y pelo.
  2. 2
    En los caballos y yeguas los pies, el hocico y la crin.
  3. 3
    Las piezas sueltas que se usan con el vestido, como son medias, zapatos, sombrero, etc.
  4. 4
    En los caballos todo lo que no es la silla y el aderezo.
  5. 5
    En las fábricas de telas los hilos que queden de ellas.
  6. 6
    Las 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cabos

Misspelling Variants of "cabos"

acbos5cabbos6caboss6cabso5caobs5cavos5cbaos5ccabos6
Misspelling Variants of "cabos"

Frequency rank: #14,535 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cabos"?
"cabos" is spelled C-A-B-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaβ̞os].
What does "cabos" mean?
As a noun, "cabos" means: En las personas, ojos, cejas y pelo.
What words are commonly confused with "cabos"?
"cabos" is commonly confused with "cas", "cos", "caso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cabos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cabos" is [ˈkaβ̞os]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cabos" come from?
"cabos" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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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.