ellos
[ˈeʝos]
The verdict
“ellos” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #121. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #121
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativo y dativo del pronombre personal de la tercera persona del plural. Con preposición, se emplea también en los casos oblicuos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ellos · ellos · Spanish
ellos · rank #121 · 5 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #121
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH durante
Nearest frequency peer: durante (-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 “ellos”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tener
tener
99,883 corpus weight
- trabajo
trabajo
99,882 corpus weight
- durante
durante
99,881 corpus weight
- ellos
ellos
99,880 corpus weight
- lugar
lugar
99,879 corpus weight
- creo
creo
99,878 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ellos” 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 | ellos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [ˈeʝos] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #121 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “ellos” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around ellos (IPA [ˈeʝos]), apronoun. Corpus frequency is #121 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nominativo y dativo del pronombre personal de la tercera persona del plural. Con preposición, se emplea también en los casos oblicuos.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for ellos, with forms such as "elloss", "ellso", and "elols". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "els", "Elo", "esos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is ellos, spelled E-L-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativo y dativo del pronombre personal de la tercera persona del plural. Con preposición, se emplea también en los casos oblicuos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ellos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ellos son estudiantes
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elloss
- ellso
- elols
- elos
- lelos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ellos - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "ellos". Here's where to go from here.
- "ellos" maps to 19 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "els". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #121 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.