jobo
[ˈxoβ̞o]
The verdict
“jobo” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Spondias mombin) Árbol de la familia de las anacardiáceas, nativo de América tropical, que produce frutos de sabor agrio y color amarillo, con hojas lustrosas y alargadas que tienen diversas aplic...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jobo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈxoβ̞o] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jobo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for jobo is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈxoβ̞o]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Spondias mombin) Árbol de la familia de las anacardiáceas, nativo de América tropical, que produce frutos de sabor agrio y color amarillo, con hojas lustrosas y alargadas que tienen diversas aplic...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for jobo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 jobo, spelled J-O-B-O.
Definition
- 1(Spondias mombin) Árbol de la familia de las anacardiáceas, nativo de América tropical, que produce frutos de sabor agrio y color amarillo, con hojas lustrosas y alargadas que tienen diversas aplicaciones medicinales
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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 “jobo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-O-B-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈxoβ̞o] (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.