jalo
[ˈxalo]
The verdict
“jalo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,906 among 645 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,906
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 645
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de jalar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-jalo · jalo · Spanish
jalo · rank #60,906 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,906
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 645
- PHOTO-FINISH iuris
Nearest frequency peer: iuris (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “jalo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- interoperab…
interoperabilidad
39,102 corpus weight
- interponen
interponen
39,101 corpus weight
- irrespetuos…
irrespetuosos
39,098 corpus weight
- iuris
iuris
39,096 corpus weight
- jalo
jalo
39,095 corpus weight
- joto
joto
39,090 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “jalo” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jalo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈxalo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #60,906 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “jalo” en la frecuencia del español
Rare enough to double-check
jalo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,906 among 645 “J” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈxalo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de jalar.".
jalo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is jalo, spelled J-A-L-O.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de jalar.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Data Source
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