falo

/[ˈfalo]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,934

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

falo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Órgano que presenta el macho de los mamíferos, de forma eréctil, en el que desembocan los conductos del tracto genitourinario. En algunos animales se retrae en la ingle, y sólo se extiende durante ... Pronounced [ˈfalo]. Often confused with fo and feo.

Key facts for falo
PropertyValue
Headwordfalo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfalo]
Letters4
Frequency rank#45,934
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for falo is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfalo]. Corpus data places it at rank #45,934 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for falo, with forms such as "aflo", "faol", and "ffalo". 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, "fo", "feo", "fan", 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 falo, spelled F-A-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Órgano que presenta el macho de los mamíferos, de forma eréctil, en el que desembocan los conductos del tracto genitourinario. En algunos animales se retrae en la ingle, y sólo se extiende durante la excreción y la cópula; en el ser humano no es retráctil. Está compuesto en su mayor parte por tejidos esponjosos, llamados cuerpos cavernosos, que al saturarse de sangre producen la erección.
  2. 2
    Representación artística o simbólica del falo₁

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aflo,faol,ffalo,flao

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for falo

Misspelling Variants of "falo"

aflo4faol4ffalo5flao4
Misspelling Variants of "falo"

Frequency rank: #45,934 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "falo"?
"falo" is spelled F-A-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfalo].
What does "falo" mean?
As a noun, "falo" means: Órgano que presenta el macho de los mamíferos, de forma eréctil, en el que desembocan los conductos del tracto genitourinario. En algunos animales se retrae en la ingle, y sólo se extiende durante ...
What words are commonly confused with "falo"?
"falo" is commonly confused with "fo", "feo", "fan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "falo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "falo" is [ˈfalo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "falo" come from?
"falo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter F in our Spanish index:

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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.