diablos

/[ˈd̪jaβ̞los]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,802

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

diablos is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de diablo. Pronounced [ˈd̪jaβ̞los]. It ranks #9,802 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with diarios and diablo.

Key facts for diablos
PropertyValue
Headworddiablos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈd̪jaβ̞los]
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,802
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for diablos is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪jaβ̞los]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,802 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de diablo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for diablos, with forms such as "daiblos", "ddiablos", and "diabblos". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "diarios", "diablo", 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 diablos, spelled D-I-A-B-L-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de diablo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: daiblos,ddiablos,diabblos,diabllos,diabloss,diablso,diabols,dialbos,diavlos,dibalos,idablos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for diablos

Misspelling Variants of "diablos"

daiblos7ddiablos8diabblos8diabllos8diabloss8diablso7diabols7dialbos7
Misspelling Variants of "diablos"

Frequency rank: #9,802 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "diablos"?
"diablos" is spelled D-I-A-B-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪jaβ̞los].
What does "diablos" mean?
As a noun, "diablos" means: Forma del plural de diablo.
What words are commonly confused with "diablos"?
"diablos" is commonly confused with "diarios", "diablo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "diablos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diablos" is [ˈd̪jaβ̞los]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "diablos" come from?
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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.