carballo
[kaɾˈβ̞aʝo]
The verdict
“carballo” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #34,480 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #34,480
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Quercus robur) Árbol caducifolio, elevado que puede alcanzar los 40 metros de altura. Hojas simples, alternas con el borde lobulado. Sus bellotas penden de largos rabillos o pedúnculos de hasta 10...
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 | carballo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaɾˈβ̞aʝo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #34,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carballo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for carballo is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaɾˈβ̞aʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,480 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Quercus robur) Árbol caducifolio, elevado que puede alcanzar los 40 metros de altura. Hojas simples, alternas con el borde lobulado. Sus bellotas penden de largos rabillos o pedúnculos de hasta 10...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for carballo, with forms such as "acrballo", "cabrallo", and "carabllo". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "cavallo", "Carrillo", "carvalho", 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, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is carballo, spelled C-A-R-B-A-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1(Quercus robur) Árbol caducifolio, elevado que puede alcanzar los 40 metros de altura. Hojas simples, alternas con el borde lobulado. Sus bellotas penden de largos rabillos o pedúnculos de hasta 10 cm de longitud. Maduran en octubre.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acrballo,cabrallo,carabllo,carbalo,carbalol,carbballo,carblalo,carrballo,carvallo,ccarballo,craballo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carballo - 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 “carballo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-R-B-A-L-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaɾˈβ̞aʝo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cavallo” - see the side-by-side comparison. carballo vs cavallo
- 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.