cavallo

/[ka.ˈval.lo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,968

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

cavallo is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Equus caballus) Caballo. Pronounced [ka.ˈval.lo]. Often confused with cavando and Cevallos.

Key facts for cavallo
PropertyValue
Headwordcavallo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ka.ˈval.lo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,968
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cavallo is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ka.ˈval.lo]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,968 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Equus caballus) Caballo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for cavallo, with forms such as "acvallo", "caavllo", and "cavalo". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "cavando", "Cevallos", "calló", 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 cavallo, spelled C-A-V-A-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
    (Equus caballus) Caballo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acvallo,caavllo,cavalo,cavalol,cavlalo,cavvallo,ccavallo,cvaallo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cavallo

Misspelling Variants of "cavallo"

acvallo7caavllo7cavalo6cavalol7cavlalo7cavvallo8ccavallo8cvaallo7
Misspelling Variants of "cavallo"

Frequency rank: #29,968 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cavallo"?
"cavallo" is spelled C-A-V-A-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ka.ˈval.lo].
What does "cavallo" mean?
As a noun, "cavallo" means: (Equus caballus) Caballo.
What words are commonly confused with "cavallo"?
"cavallo" is commonly confused with "cavando", "Cevallos", "calló". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cavallo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cavallo" is [ka.ˈval.lo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cavallo" come from?
"cavallo" 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.