globo

/[ˈgloβ̞o]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,966

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

globo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cuerpo esférico. Pronounced [ˈgloβ̞o]. It ranks #5,966 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with gozo and Goyo.

Key facts for globo
PropertyValue
Headwordglobo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgloβ̞o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,966
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for globo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgloβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,966 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for globo, with forms such as "gglobo", "glboo", and "gllobo". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "gozo", "Goyo", "groso", 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 globo, spelled G-L-O-B-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cuerpo esférico.
  2. 2
    Mundo en el que vivimos, tercer planeta del sistema solar.
  3. 3
    Vehículo para moverse por el aire, que consta de una bolsa llena de un gas más ligero que el aire, y de un canasto o barquilla que pende de ella.
  4. 4
    Juguete para niños que consiste en una especie de bolsa cerrada de un material delgado y elástico que se llena con aire o helio e infla por una abertura.
  5. 5
    Objeto de forma esférica de cristal u otro material translúcido que se pone sobre una luz para atenuarla o suavizarla.
  6. 6
    Pelota muy alta enviada generalmente con la intención de hacerla caer detrás del rival.
  7. 7
    En las historietas, caricaturas o comics, figura que encierra las palabras que el personaje dice y que parece salir de su boca.
  8. 8
    Falsedad, palabras falsas o engañosas que no corresponden a la verdad.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gglobo,glboo,gllobo,globbo,gloob,glovo,golbo,lgobo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for globo

Misspelling Variants of "globo"

gglobo6glboo5gllobo6globbo6gloob5glovo5golbo5lgobo5
Misspelling Variants of "globo"

Frequency rank: #5,966 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "globo"?
"globo" is spelled G-L-O-B-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgloβ̞o].
What does "globo" mean?
As a noun, "globo" means: Cuerpo esférico.
What words are commonly confused with "globo"?
"globo" is commonly confused with "gozo", "Goyo", "groso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "globo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "globo" is [ˈgloβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "globo" come from?
"globo" 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.