hablo

/[ˈaβ̞lo]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,638

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

hablo is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de hablar. Pronounced [ˈaβ̞lo]. It ranks #1,638 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with hao and hago.

Key facts for hablo
PropertyValue
Headwordhablo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaβ̞lo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,638
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hablo is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaβ̞lo]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,638 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de hablar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for hablo, with forms such as "ahblo", "habblo", and "habllo". 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, "hao", "hago", "hubo", 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 hablo, spelled H-A-B-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de hablar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ahblo,habblo,habllo,habol,halbo,havlo,hbalo,hhablo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hablo

Misspelling Variants of "hablo"

ahblo5habblo6habllo6habol5halbo5havlo5hbalo5hhablo6
Misspelling Variants of "hablo"

Frequency rank: #1,638 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hablo"?
"hablo" is spelled H-A-B-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaβ̞lo].
What does "hablo" mean?
As a verb, "hablo" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de hablar.
What words are commonly confused with "hablo"?
"hablo" is commonly confused with "hao", "hago", "hubo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hablo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hablo" is [ˈaβ̞lo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hablo" come from?
"hablo" 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 H 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.