Fabio

/[ˈfaβ̞jo]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,375

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Fabio is aSpanishname. It means: Nombre de pila de varón. Pronounced [ˈfaβ̞jo]. Often confused with FBI and FAO.

Key facts for Fabio
PropertyValue
HeadwordFabio
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈfaβ̞jo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,375
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Fabio is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfaβ̞jo]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,375 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de pila de varón.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Fabio, with forms such as "afbio", "fabbio", and "faboi". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "FBI", "FAO", "fio", 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 Fabio, spelled F-A-B-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre de pila de varón.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afbio,fabbio,faboi,faibo,favio,fbaio,ffabio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Fabio

Misspelling Variants of "Fabio"

afbio5fabbio6faboi5faibo5favio5fbaio5ffabio6
Misspelling Variants of "Fabio"

Frequency rank: #15,375 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Fabio"?
"Fabio" is spelled F-A-B-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaβ̞jo].
What does "Fabio" mean?
As a name, "Fabio" means: Nombre de pila de varón.
What words are commonly confused with "Fabio"?
"Fabio" is commonly confused with "FBI", "FAO", "fio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Fabio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fabio" is [ˈfaβ̞jo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fabio" come from?
"Fabio" 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.