hombre lobo
[ˈõmbɾe ˈloβ̞o]
The verdict
“hombre lobo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Criatura mitológica que durante el día era una persona como cualquier otra, pero las noches de luna llena se convertía en una especie de lobo con rasgos humanos y normalmente con instinto asesino.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hombre lobo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈõmbɾe ˈloβ̞o] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hombre lobo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hombre lobo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈõmbɾe ˈloβ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Criatura mitológica que durante el día era una persona como cualquier otra, pero las noches de luna llena se convertía en una especie de lobo con rasgos humanos y normalmente con instinto asesino.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hombre lobo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is hombre lobo, spelled H-O-M-B-R-E- -L-O-B-O.
Definition
- 1Criatura mitológica que durante el día era una persona como cualquier otra, pero las noches de luna llena se convertía en una especie de lobo con rasgos humanos y normalmente con instinto asesino.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “hombre lobo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-O-M-B-R-E- -L-O-B-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈõmbɾe ˈloβ̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.