lobo
[ˈloβ̞o]
The verdict
“lobo” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #4,916 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,916
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (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...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lobo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈloβ̞o] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #4,916 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lobo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for lobo is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for lobo, with forms such as "lboo", "llobo", and "lobbo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "los", "low", "Lou", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 lobo, spelled L-O-B-O.
Definition
- 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.
- 2Por extensión, persona feroz o rapaz.
- 3Persona de ascendencia mixta, hija de padre negro y madre india.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lboo,llobo,lobbo,loob,lovo,olbo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lobo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “lobo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-O-B-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈloβ̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “los” - see the side-by-side comparison. lobo vs los
- 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.