lobo

/[ˈloβ̞o]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,916

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lobo is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Canis lupus) Variedad salvaje del mismo cánido conocido en su forma doméstica como perro. Alcanza 160 cm de largo y 70 de alzada a la cruz, con una cabeza de buen tamaño con respecto al cuerpo y u... Pronounced [ˈloβ̞o]. It ranks #4,916 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with los and low.

Key facts for lobo
PropertyValue
Headwordlobo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈloβ̞o]
Letters4
Frequency rank#4,916
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for lobo is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈloβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,916 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 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for lobo, with forms such as "lboo", "llobo", and "lobbo". 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, "los", "low", "Lou", 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 lobo, spelled L-O-B-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Canis lupus) Variedad salvaje del mismo cánido conocido en su forma doméstica como perro. Alcanza 160 cm de largo y 70 de alzada a la cruz, con una cabeza de buen tamaño con respecto al cuerpo y un grueso pelaje grisáceo, pardo o blanco según las subespecies. Es gregario, formando manadas bien organizadas y con una estricta jerarquía llamadas jauría, que cazan cooperativamente. Se conocen no menos de una treintena de subespecies, distribuidas por todo el hemisferio norte y Oceanía. Simboliza tradicionalmente la fiereza y la rapacidad.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, persona feroz o rapaz.
  3. 3
    Persona de ascendencia mixta, hija de padre negro y madre india.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lboo,llobo,lobbo,loob,lovo,olbo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lobo

Misspelling Variants of "lobo"

lboo4llobo5lobbo5loob4lovo4olbo4
Misspelling Variants of "lobo"

Frequency rank: #4,916 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lobo"?
"lobo" is spelled L-O-B-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈloβ̞o].
What does "lobo" mean?
As a noun, "lobo" means: (Canis lupus) Variedad salvaje del mismo cánido conocido en su forma doméstica como perro. Alcanza 160 cm de largo y 70 de alzada a la cruz, con una cabeza de buen tamaño con respecto al cuerpo y u...
What words are commonly confused with "lobo"?
"lobo" is commonly confused with "los", "low", "Lou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lobo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lobo" is [ˈloβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lobo" come from?
"lobo" 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.