leopardo

/[leoˈpaɾð̞o]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,754

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

leopardo is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Panthera pardus) Felino que habita en Asia y África. Su peso va entre los 42 y los 65 kgs; su altura a la cruz es de 70 cm; mide entre 91 y 191 cm de largo sin la cola, pelaje denso amarillento co... Pronounced [leoˈpaɾð̞o]. Often confused with Leopoldo and Leonardo.

Key facts for leopardo
PropertyValue
Headwordleopardo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[leoˈpaɾð̞o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,754
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for leopardo is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [leoˈpaɾð̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,754 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Panthera pardus) Felino que habita en Asia y África. Su peso va entre los 42 y los 65 kgs; su altura a la cruz es de 70 cm; mide entre 91 y 191 cm de largo sin la cola, pelaje denso amarillento co...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for leopardo, with forms such as "elopardo", "leoaprdo", and "leopadro". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Leopoldo", "Leonardo", 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 leopardo, spelled L-E-O-P-A-R-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Panthera pardus) Felino que habita en Asia y África. Su peso va entre los 42 y los 65 kgs; su altura a la cruz es de 70 cm; mide entre 91 y 191 cm de largo sin la cola, pelaje denso amarillento con manchas oscuras, pero varía, y cuando algunos ejemplares son completamente negros se les llama panteras negras. Es un cazador nocturno, solitario, salvo en período de apareamiento.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elopardo,leoaprdo,leopadro,leoparddo,leoparod,leoparrdo,leoppardo,leoprado,lepoardo,lleopardo,loepardo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for leopardo

Misspelling Variants of "leopardo"

elopardo8leoaprdo8leopadro8leoparddo9leoparod8leoparrdo9leoppardo9leoprado8
Misspelling Variants of "leopardo"

Frequency rank: #22,754 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "leopardo"?
"leopardo" is spelled L-E-O-P-A-R-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [leoˈpaɾð̞o].
What does "leopardo" mean?
As a noun, "leopardo" means: (Panthera pardus) Felino que habita en Asia y África. Su peso va entre los 42 y los 65 kgs; su altura a la cruz es de 70 cm; mide entre 91 y 191 cm de largo sin la cola, pelaje denso amarillento co...
What words are commonly confused with "leopardo"?
"leopardo" is commonly confused with "Leopoldo", "Leonardo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "leopardo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "leopardo" is [leoˈpaɾð̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "leopardo" come from?
"leopardo" 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.