ello
[ˈeʝo]
The verdict
“ello” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #400) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #400
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 2
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativo del pronombre personal de tercera persona en género neutro. Con preposición, empléase también en el caso oblicuo (o preposicional).
Corpus desk
Index ES-ello · ello · Spanish
ello · rank #400 · 2 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #400
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 2 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH derechos
Nearest frequency peer: derechos (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ello”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- clase
clase
99,604 corpus weight
- cuanto
cuanto
99,603 corpus weight
- derechos
derechos
99,602 corpus weight
- ello
ello
99,601 corpus weight
- estás
estás
99,600 corpus weight
- hijos
hijos
99,599 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ello” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | ello |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [ˈeʝo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #400 |
| Misspellings tracked | 2 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “ello” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ello is neighbouring look-alikes ("eso", "evo", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced [ˈeʝo]. Frequency #400 among 5,243 “E” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 2 likely wrong-spelling variants for ello, including "elol" and "lelo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "eso", "evo", "els", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is ello, spelled E-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Nominativo del pronombre personal de tercera persona en género neutro. Con preposición, empléase también en el caso oblicuo (o preposicional).
- 2Precedido de algunas personas del verbo ser y de ciertos adverbios de tiempo o nombres que lo denoten, tiene la misma significación que ella.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elol
- lelo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ello - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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What to do next
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- "ello" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "eso". View pair
- 2 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #400 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.