lavado

/[laˈβ̞að̞o]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,630

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lavado is anSpanishadj. It means: Referido a una persona morena, que tiene la piel muy clara, casi blanca. Pronounced [laˈβ̞að̞o]. It ranks #5,630 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with lavo and lavar.

Key facts for lavado
PropertyValue
Headwordlavado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[laˈβ̞að̞o]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,630
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for lavado is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [laˈβ̞að̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,630 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for lavado, with forms such as "alvado", "laavdo", and "labado". 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, "lavo", "lavar", "lavan", 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 lavado, spelled L-A-V-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Referido a una persona morena, que tiene la piel muy clara, casi blanca.
  2. 2
    Referido a cosas, sean físicas o inmateriales, que han perdido o les falta parte de su frescura, intensidad, vigor, color o viveza.
  3. 3
    Dicho del mate: que tiene tanta agua que la yerba nada libremente sobre la superficie.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alvado,laavdo,labado,lavaddo,lavaod,lavdao,lavvado,llavado,lvaado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lavado

Misspelling Variants of "lavado"

alvado6laavdo6labado6lavaddo7lavaod6lavdao6lavvado7llavado7
Misspelling Variants of "lavado"

Frequency rank: #5,630 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lavado"?
"lavado" is spelled L-A-V-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [laˈβ̞að̞o].
What does "lavado" mean?
As an adj, "lavado" means: Referido a una persona morena, que tiene la piel muy clara, casi blanca.
What words are commonly confused with "lavado"?
"lavado" is commonly confused with "lavo", "lavar", "lavan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lavado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lavado" is [laˈβ̞að̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lavado" come from?
"lavado" 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.